Title

Circular staircase leading down to the water bastion, Upnor Castle, Upper Upnor, Kent

Caption

Circular staircase leading down to the water bastion, Upnor Castle, Upper Upnor, Kent, c2000s(?). Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601. It was built to protect warships on the River Medway at Chatham dockyards.

Date

2000

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B06_242

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,0in x 11,4in / 5106 x 3424 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England wood interior indoors country spiral British English castle color colour defence county fortress fortification wooden stairway location winding century stairs Kent Britain staircase inside Tudor 21st century spiral staircase 16th century sixteenth century English Heritage 2000s Elizabethan TGN photograph Unknown Medway Upnor Castle Upper Upnor photograph