# Dover Castle — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [May 16, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dover-castle-whe-definition-discussion/6464 "2018-05-16T09:01:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dover-castle-whe-definition-discussion/6464/1 "2018-05-16T09:01:53Z")

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Dover Castle, located in the southern county of Kent, is one of the largest castles in England and one of the first to have concentric defensive walls. First built in 1066 CE by William the Conqueror to help prevent anyone repeating his own invasion, the castle was largely rebuilt in stone and a massive keep added by Henry II in the latter half of the 12th century CE. Despite its fine defences, the castle did not put off attackers and was famously, if ultimately unsuccessfully, besieged in 1216 CE by Prince Louis of France.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Dover\_Castle/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dover_Castle/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/dover-castle-whe-definition-discussion/6464/2 "2026-07-29T02:40:14Z")

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