Castles · South East England
Portland Castle
In or near Weymouth.
Portland Castle — Grade I listed Device Fort in Dorset, England, UK.
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About
Portland Castle is a castle in south east. Established 1539. (16th-century English artillery fort.) Wikipedia notes: "Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage.". Coordinates 50.5684°, -2.4468°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 50.5684, -2.4468
- Established
- 1539
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1638741 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Portland Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Portland castle closeup.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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