Fort William (Cape Coast)

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coastal fort heritage site historic fort tourist attraction

Fort William in Cape Coast is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, originally built by the British and later used as a lighthouse, now preserved as a heritage site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort William (Cape Coast lighthouse)	1
Fort William (Cape Coast) canonical	1
Fort William, Cape Coast	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2518744 — 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: Fort William (Cape Coast)
Context triple: [Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, supervises, Fort William (Cape Coast)]

A. Fort Victoria (Cape Coast)
Fort Victoria is a historic coastal fort in Cape Coast, Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European defensive and trading fortifications along the Gold Coast.
B. Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a historic coastal city in southern Ghana known for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its well-preserved colonial-era castle.
C. Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
D. Elmina
Elmina is a historic coastal town in present-day Ghana, best known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade and its prominent Elmina Castle.
E. Port Morant
Port Morant is a coastal town in eastern Jamaica known historically as one of the island’s early ports and plantation centers.
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: Fort William (Cape Coast)
Target entity description: Fort William in Cape Coast is a historic coastal fort in Ghana, originally built by the British and later used as a lighthouse, now preserved as a heritage site.

A. Fort Victoria (Cape Coast)
Fort Victoria is a historic coastal fort in Cape Coast, Ghana, built during the colonial era as part of the European defensive and trading fortifications along the Gold Coast.
B. Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a historic coastal city in southern Ghana known for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its well-preserved colonial-era castle.
C. Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is a historic coastal fortress in present-day Ghana that served as one of the largest centers of British transatlantic slave trade in West Africa.
D. Elmina
Elmina is a historic coastal town in present-day Ghana, best known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade and its prominent Elmina Castle.
E. Port Morant
Port Morant is a coastal town in eastern Jamaica known historically as one of the island’s early ports and plantation centers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal fort ⓘ heritage site ⓘ historic fort ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith	British colonial history in Ghana ⓘ maritime navigation along the Gold Coast ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Central Region, Ghana ⓘ Forts in Ghana ⓘ Lighthouses in Ghana ⓘ Tourist attractions in Ghana ⓘ
conservationStatus	preserved ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
currentUse	heritage attraction ⓘ tourist site ⓘ
era	colonial period ⓘ
function	coastal defense ⓘ fortification ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ
hasFeature	courtyard ⓘ fortified walls ⓘ lighthouse tower ⓘ
hasTourismActivity	guided tours ⓘ heritage education ⓘ
heritageDesignation	historic site ⓘ national monument of Ghana ⓘ
locatedIn	Cape Coast ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Central Region, Ghana ⓘ
locatedNear	Cape Coast Castle ⓘ Cape Coast city centre ⓘ linked to: Cape Coast
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ hill overlooking Cape Coast ⓘ
maintainedBy	Ghana Museums and Monuments Board ⓘ
materialUsed	masonry ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Fort William ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy	British ⓘ British colonial authorities ⓘ
partOf	coastal defense system of the Gold Coast ⓘ historic forts and castles of Ghana ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
usedAs	navigational aid ⓘ signal station ⓘ
viewOver	Atlantic coastline ⓘ Cape Coast harbour ⓘ linked to: Cape Coast

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghana Museums and Monuments Board → supervises → Fort William (Cape Coast) ⓘ

Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions → hasPart → Fort William (Cape Coast lighthouse) ⓘ

linked to: Fort William (Cape Coast)

Cape Coast → hasFortOrCastle → Fort William, Cape Coast ⓘ