St Mawes Castle
E281697
St Mawes Castle is a well-preserved 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Carrick Roads waterway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St Mawes Castle canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2594612 — 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: St Mawes Castle Context triple: [Falmouth, England, hasLandmark, St Mawes Castle]
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A.
St Mawes
St Mawes was a former parliamentary borough and small coastal town in Cornwall, England, historically represented in the House of Commons.
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B.
Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey fortress on the Isle of Wight, England, best known as the place where King Charles I was imprisoned before his execution.
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C.
Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris Castle is a late 13th-century concentric medieval fortress on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, renowned for its symmetrical design and status as part of the UNESCO-listed "Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd."
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D.
Elizabeth Castle
Elizabeth Castle is a historic coastal fortress on a tidal island off Saint Helier in Jersey, notable for its centuries of military use and scenic views over St Aubin’s Bay.
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E.
Laugharne Castle
Laugharne Castle is a picturesque medieval fortress and later Tudor mansion in the town of Laugharne, Wales, famed for its estuary views and literary associations with Dylan Thomas.
- 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: St Mawes Castle Target entity description: St Mawes Castle is a well-preserved 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Carrick Roads waterway.
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A.
St Mawes
St Mawes was a former parliamentary borough and small coastal town in Cornwall, England, historically represented in the House of Commons.
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B.
Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey fortress on the Isle of Wight, England, best known as the place where King Charles I was imprisoned before his execution.
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C.
Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris Castle is a late 13th-century concentric medieval fortress on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, renowned for its symmetrical design and status as part of the UNESCO-listed "Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd."
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D.
Elizabeth Castle
Elizabeth Castle is a historic coastal fortress on a tidal island off Saint Helier in Jersey, notable for its centuries of military use and scenic views over St Aubin’s Bay.
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E.
Laugharne Castle
Laugharne Castle is a picturesque medieval fortress and later Tudor mansion in the town of Laugharne, Wales, famed for its estuary views and literary associations with Dylan Thomas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Device Fort
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artillery fort ⓘ coastal fortress ⓘ heritage site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Tudor military architecture ⓘ |
| builtBy | Henry VIII of England ⓘ |
| builtDuring | Tudor period ⓘ |
| builtToDefend |
Carrick Roads waterway
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approaches to Falmouth ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1545 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1539 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| faces | Pendennis Castle ⓘ |
| garrisonRole | coastal artillery defence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central circular tower
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decorative stone carvings ⓘ dry moat ⓘ embrasures for artillery ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ gun platforms ⓘ gun ports ⓘ latrine turrets ⓘ sea-facing gun batteries ⓘ spiral staircases ⓘ stone curtain walls ⓘ three semi-circular bastions ⓘ |
| hasInscription |
Latin inscriptions praising Henry VIII
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royal coat of arms of England ⓘ
surface form:
royal arms of Henry VIII
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| hasViewOf | Falmouth ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed building
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Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cornwall
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southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
St Mawes ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Roseland Peninsula ⓘ |
| managedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| nearby |
St Mawes
ⓘ
surface form:
St Mawes village
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Carrick Roads
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Falmouth Bay ⓘ |
| owner | English Heritage ⓘ |
| partOf |
King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
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surface form:
King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme
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| partOfDefenceSystemWith | Pendennis Castle ⓘ |
| region | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| shape | cloverleaf plan ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Parliamentarian forces ⓘ |
| surrenderYear | 1646 ⓘ |
| usedAs | tourist attraction ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | English Civil War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St Mawes Castle Description of subject: St Mawes Castle is a well-preserved 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Carrick Roads waterway.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.