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Castle Islands Fortifications, Bermuda
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The Castle Islands Fortifications are on Castle Island, accessed via boat. King's Castle, Devonshire Redoubt, and Landward Fort. King's Castle is, today, the oldest surviving English fortification in the New World. It is Bermuda's oldest standing stone building, predating the State House. Its Captain's House, built a year after the State House, in 1621, is the oldest stone home in Bermuda. It is also the oldest standing English house in the New World. In 1614, King's Castle famously repulsed Spain's only attack on Bermuda.
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