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• Edinburgh Castle
  ...me=BoS85-86/> though afterwards refortifications included an earthen angle-bastion, known as the Spur, of the type known as ''trace italienne'', one of the ea ...VII was deposed in England and Scotland in turn and replaced by William of Orange. The Estates of Scotland, having accepted William, demanded that the Gover
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• Blenheim Palace
  ...Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius'', 126</ref> When William, Prince of Orange, landed in Devon in November 1688 to overthrow the King, Churchill, accompa ...ly if not more impressive, betrays Vanbrugh's true vision: the palace as a bastion or citadel, the true monument and home to a great warrior. Piercing the win
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• Yarmouth Castle
  ...lery guns and a garrison of 20 men. It featured an Italianate "arrow-head" bastion on its landward side; this was very different in style from the earlier cir ...illery fort built around a central courtyard with an angular, "arrow-head" bastion protecting the landward side. It was initially equipped with three cannons
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• Walmer Castle
  ...the townsfolk of Deal seized Walmer Castle on behalf of William Prince of Orange, who was soon to be King William III.<ref>{{harvnb|Elvin|1890|p=224}}</ref> ...ions towards the north bastion and constructing a small house in the south bastion for the soldiers. Under the subsequent Lord Wardens, the politicians Robert
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• Line Wall Curtain
  The Line Wall runs from the [[North Bastion, Gibraltar|North Bastion]] south along the western coast of the town to [[Engineer Battery]], just s ...[[Montagu Bastion|Montagu]], [[Orange Bastion|Orange]], King's and [[South Bastion, Gibraltar|South]] bastions, with the line wall curtain connecting these po
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• Kinsale
  ...d at [[Summer Cove]] and dating from 1677 in the reign of Charles II, is a bastion-fort that guards the entrance to Kinsale harbour. It was built to protect t ...of the Boyne by William III (also Stadtholder William III of the House of Orange-Nassau) after the Glorious Revolution (or Revolution of 1688) in England ag
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• Eilean Donan
  ...red to have to forfeit the throne, and the crown was offered to William of Orange, in the so-called "Glorious Revolution". The revolution also established Pr ...vered was a yett, an iron gate, probably installed in the east door to the bastion, but now on display inside the castle.<ref name=mr109>{{harvnb|Miket|Robert
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• Southsea Castle
  ...a 1577 plan; A - east gun platform; B - south bastion; C - keep; D - north bastion and bridge; E - west gun platform]] ...te son, James FitzJames, the Duke of Berwick. On On 5 November, William of Orange landed in [[Devon]] and marched east, and the beleaguered King considered P
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• Spike Island, County Cork
  ...of a monastic settlement, the island is today dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named '''Fort Mitchel'''. ...old Joost van Keppel 1st Earl of Albermarle who had accompanied William of Orange to England in 1688. In 1698, he conveyed the island to William Smith of Bal
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• Magdalen College, Oxford
  ...or siege through Magdalen's grounds, including Dover's Speare (or Pier), a bastion that would have allowed observation to the north and east of the city. The ...tly before the Glorious Revolution and overthrow of James II by William of Orange, James' appointments were reversed and Hough and the expelled fellows were
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