United Kingdom
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Fort Cumberland
- Fort George, Highland
- Tilbury Fort
- Star Castle, Isles of Scilly
- Royal Citadel, Plymouth
- Fort Amherst, Chatham
- Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
- Derry
The outlines of some other star forts from the English Civil War exist. These were often built of ditches and earthen ramparts and were redoubts built to defend weak points in older fortifications such as Fort Royal Hill, Worcester, was built to defend a hill within 17th century artillery range of the city's medieval walls.
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