Brownsea Castle the castle also has four cannons, probably dating from the 17th or early 18th century. The castle is protected under UK law as a Grade II listed building. Brownsea Castle Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, from the threat of French attack. Located on Brownsea Island, it comprised a stone blockhouse with a hexagonal gun platform. It was garrisoned by the local town with six soldiers and armed with eight artillery pieces. The castle remained in use after
County of Fraser County of Fraser The County of Fraser is one of 322 counties (a cadastral division) of Queensland, Australia, in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, which consists Fraser Island and some satellite islands off its southwestern coast. It was established on 7 March 1901 under the "Land Act 1897", and borders County of March, which lies mainly on the Queensland mainland, but also includes Big Woody Island and other islands in the northern Great Sandy Strait. Fraser is divided into six parishes, listed as follows, from North to South: Some nearshore islands off the southern west coast and thus in the Great