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International Business Times
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Helen ROWE

Soldiers' Gallows Graffiti Revealed For First Time At English Castle

Dover Castle on England's south coast is the country's biggest medieval castle (Credit: AFP)

Macabre depictions of hangings carved by soldiers guarding England's biggest medieval castle at a time of looming war with France went on display Monday.

The graffiti-covered door -- part of a new exhibition at Dover Castle on the country's south coast -- dates from the late 18th century when soldiers garrisoned there faced the threat of invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces.

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