Brownsea Castle 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 the original invasion scare had passed and was occupied by Parliament during the English Civil War of the 1640s. By the end of the century, however, it had
Nan'ao County of the county is the island of Nan'ao, which lies 2 – 5 miles off the coast of Guangdong. The county also includes a few minor islands nearby, in particular the Nanpeng Archipelago, a chain of islets located some to the southeast from the Nan'ao Island. The county has a land area of , and a population of 70,000. Nan'ao island lies on the Tropic of Cancer. Nan'ao County Nan'ao County (postal: Namoa; ) is a county in Shantou Prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, China. Nan'ao Island remained under the control of the Nationalists for a few months after the Communists