Remnants of Henry VIII's long-lost castle found in unexpected location, researcher reveals

Pieces of King Henry VIII's long-lost castle were recently found in a somewhat unexpected location: another English castle.The discovery by researcher Christopher Moore was recently announced by the University of Kent. Moore, who specializes in hidden and lost heritage, found evidence that stone used at Dover Castle was taken from Henry VIII's Sandown Castle, a Tudor coastal fortress built roughly 8 miles northeast of Dover that has since been lost to time.ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER EERIE ANGLO-SAXON 'SAND BODIES' AT NUCLEAR POWER STATION SITEBuilt between 1539 and 1540 to defend the coast of England, Sandown was eventually abandoned and dismantled — and Moore found evidence that some of its stone was reused in a Victorian extension at Constable's Gate at Dover Castle.Moore traced the stone through historical records and architectural evidence, including an 1883 report documenting materials being sent from Sandown Castle to Dover.Stone from the lost Tudor fortress of Sandown Castle has been traced to buildings elsewhere in Kent.(Christopher Moore; Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)But Dover isn't the only place where pieces of Sandown found a second life.Moore has identified at least five sites where stone from the lost fortress was reused — and he singled out Eastry Union Chapel in Kent as perhaps the most interesting.ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND ARTIFACTS OLDER THAN STONEHENGE BENEATH BRITAIN'S HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT: 'INCREDIBLY RARE'"It was built for a smaller budget than most of the other examples that I have found that were robbed from Sandown Castle," he told Fox News Digital."Due to this, it contained the greatest variety of stonework, which is mainly 'freestones,' [or] stone that can be easily cut."Dover Castle, seen above, contains stone believed to have been taken from King Henry VIII's long-lost Sandown Castle and reused in a Victorian extension.

(iStock)Exclusive photographs shared with Fox News Digital show Eastry Union Chapel and its Sandown-linked ...