Excerpt from Hutchinson's Britain Beautiful, Vol. 2: A Popular and Illustrated Account of the Magnificent Historical, Architectural, and Picturesque Wonders of the Counties of England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandThis castle was built for the defence of Poole Harbour during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The island is about 6 miles in circumference and was once used as a deer park.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.