Title
Dover Castle siege, 1216, (c1990-2010)
Caption
Dover Castle siege, 1216, (c1990-2010). Reconstruction drawing of a naval battle in Sandwich Bay. Commanding the shortest sea crossing between England and the Continent, Dover Castle was a vital strategic and communication lynch-pin in the empire of the Angevin kings of England. in 1216, The castle successfully resisted a major siege directed personally by Prince Louis of France during his near-successful invasion of England.
Date
1990
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Reference
HRM19B35_235
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (3,3Mb) / 16,0in x 12,1in / 4797 x 3644 (300dpi)