contested ground, 3 engagements

Dover: contested ground

The ground around Dover was fought over 3 times between 1217 and 1652: 1 battle and 2 naval actions, in 3 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
24 August 1217	Battle of Sandwich (1217)	Dover	First Barons' War
December 1459	Battle of Sandwich (1460)	Sandwich	Wars of the Roses
29 May 1652	Battle of Goodwin Sands	Dover	First Anglo-Dutch War

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.