Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort, likewise referred to truly as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an ordnance post on the north bank of the River Thames in England. The most punctual form of the post, containing a little strong house with big guns covering the waterway, and also it was built by King Henry VIII to shield London against assault from France as a major aspect of his Device program.

It was strengthened amid the 1588 Spanish Armada intrusion startle, after which it was fortified with earthwork bastion, and Parliamentary powers utilized it to help secure the capital amid the English Civil War of the 1640s. Following maritime attacks amid the Anglo-Dutch Wars, the fortification was extended by Sir Bernard de Gomme from 1670 onwards to frame a star-molded cautious work, with rakish bastions, water-filled channels and two lines of firearms confronting onto the waterway.