Sandsfoot Castle
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Sandsfoot Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Weymouth, Dorset, built under Henry VIII to defend England’s southern coast.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Device Fort
ⓘ
artillery fort ⓘ ruined castle ⓘ |
| builtFor | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| builtToDefend |
Portland Roads
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weymouth Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ southern coast of England ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1541 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1539 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Parliamentarians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royalists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUse |
historic site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| faces | Isle of Portland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fellIntoDisuse | 17th century ⓘ |
| garrisonedBy | small artillery garrison ⓘ |
| gridReference | SY 673 776 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sandsfoot Castle and Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAmenity | Sandsfoot Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
curtain wall
ⓘ
ditch ⓘ gun platform ⓘ moat ⓘ semi-circular gun battery ⓘ two-storey residential block ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade II* listed building
ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dorset
ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south coast of England ⓘ |
| materialUsed | Portland stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Wyke Regis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| overlooks | Portland Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownership | Weymouth and Portland Borough Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyCollapsedInto | sea ⓘ |
| partOf |
King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King’s Works of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | coastal artillery defence ⓘ |
| region | Jurassic Coast area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reopenedToPublic | 2012 ⓘ |
| sufferedFrom | coastal erosion ⓘ |
| underwentConservation | early 21st century ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
English Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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