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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sandsfoot Castle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13274799 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandsfoot Castle Context triple: [Device Forts, notableWork, Sandsfoot Castle]
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A.
Sandal Castle
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval fortress near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, historically significant for its role in the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Swords Castle
Swords Castle is a medieval fortified complex in Swords, County Dublin, notable as one of the best-preserved surviving castles near Dublin, Ireland.
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C.
Dunyvaig Castle
Dunyvaig Castle is a ruined medieval stronghold on the Isle of Islay in Scotland, long associated with the powerful MacDonald clan and their control of the surrounding seas.
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D.
Sombreffe Castle
Sombreffe Castle is a historic medieval fortress in Sombreffe, Belgium, notable for its well-preserved architecture and role in regional military history.
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E.
Darnaway Castle
Darnaway Castle is a historic Scottish fortress and ancestral seat of the Earls of Moray, located in Moray, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandsfoot Castle Target entity description: Sandsfoot Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Weymouth, Dorset, built under Henry VIII to defend England’s southern coast.
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A.
Sandal Castle
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval fortress near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, historically significant for its role in the Wars of the Roses.
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B.
Swords Castle
Swords Castle is a medieval fortified complex in Swords, County Dublin, notable as one of the best-preserved surviving castles near Dublin, Ireland.
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C.
Dunyvaig Castle
Dunyvaig Castle is a ruined medieval stronghold on the Isle of Islay in Scotland, long associated with the powerful MacDonald clan and their control of the surrounding seas.
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D.
Sombreffe Castle
Sombreffe Castle is a historic medieval fortress in Sombreffe, Belgium, notable for its well-preserved architecture and role in regional military history.
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E.
Darnaway Castle
Darnaway Castle is a historic Scottish fortress and ancestral seat of the Earls of Moray, located in Moray, Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Device Fort
ⓘ
artillery fort ⓘ ruined castle ⓘ |
| builtFor | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| builtToDefend |
Portland Roads
NERFINISHED
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sandsfoot Castle Description of subject: Sandsfoot Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Weymouth, Dorset, built under Henry VIII to defend England’s southern coast.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.