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.

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Sandsfoot Castle canonical 4
Sandsfoot Castle and Gardens 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Device Fort
artillery fort
ruined castle
builtFor Henry VIII of England
builtInCentury 16th century
builtToDefend Portland Roads
Weymouth Bay
southern coast of England
constructionEnd 1541
constructionStart 1539
controlledBy Parliamentarians
Royalists
country England
currentUse historic site
tourist attraction
faces Isle of Portland
fellIntoDisuse 17th century
garrisonedBy small artillery garrison
gridReference SY 673 776
hasAlternativeName Sandsfoot Castle and Gardens
linked to: Sandsfoot Castle
hasAmenity Sandsfoot Gardens
hasFeature curtain wall
ditch
gun platform
moat
semi-circular gun battery
two-storey residential block
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
Scheduled Monument
locatedIn Dorset
South West England
linked to: southwest England

Weymouth
locatedOn south coast of England
materialUsed Portland stone
nearbySettlement Wyke Regis
openToPublic yes
overlooks Portland Harbour
ownership Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
partlyCollapsedInto sea
partOf King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme
King’s Works of Defence
primaryFunction coastal artillery defence
region Jurassic Coast area
linked to: Jurassic Coast
reopenedToPublic 2012
sufferedFrom coastal erosion
underwentConservation early 21st century
usedDuring English Civil War
Tudor period
linked to: Tudor England

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Device Forts notableWork Sandsfoot Castle
Henrician castles notableExample Sandsfoot Castle
Sandsfoot Castle hasAlternativeName Sandsfoot Castle and Gardens
linked to: Sandsfoot Castle