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Most of the forts in this category were built between the 16th and 20th centuries. In England the term fort gradually superseded the term castle in the Tudor period (1485-1603) when the royal family and the nobility stopped building new fortified residences for themselves.

See also:

  • Castles in England which contains articles about many castles of the 11th to 16th centuries, and some later non-military buildings styled as castles.
  • Archaeological sites in England which contains articles about Anglo-Saxon, Roman and early British forts.
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