a town of Kent in England, lying between Dover and Sandwich, in E. Long. 1° 20' N. Lat. 51° 16'. is supposed to be the Dola of Nennius, and is situated on a flat and level coast. This town, according to Dr Campbell, justifies an observation he had made in favour of situations of this kind, viz. that they are less liable than others to be injured by the sea. The town of Deal, as far as we are able to judge, except it may be the sea's sinking a little from it, is in much the same condition in which it ever was, even from the earliest accounts. The learned Dr Halley has proved, Miscellanea Curiosa, vol. iii. p. 426. that Julius Caesar landed here, August 26th, the year before the coming of Christ 55.—The great convenience of landing has been of infinite service to the place: so that it is large and populous, divided into the upper and lower towns, and is in effect the principal place in the Downs. Population 3420 in 1811.