Dover Castle: From Iron‑Age Earthworks to World War II Command Hub

Explore the long, layered history of Dover Castle in Kent, England’s iconic fortress that has stood watch over the shortest Channel crossing for more than two millennia. The episode follows its evolution from an Iron Age hillfort and Roman lighthouse, through Norman stone walls and Tudor gunports, to Napoleonic tunnels and a World War II wartime radio hub—revealing how each era added new layers of defence and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices