Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park

E251575

battlefield historic site state park

Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park is a historic Revolutionary War fort and battlefield in Groton, Connecticut, preserved as a state park commemorating the 1781 Battle of Groton Heights.

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Label	Occurrences
Fort Griswold	9
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2265754 — 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 Griswold Battlefield State Park
Context triple: [New London, Connecticut, hasHistoricSite, Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park]

A. Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park is a historic site and public park preserving the location of a pivotal 1777 Revolutionary War battle near Princeton, New Jersey.
B. Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a historic New Jersey state park preserving the site of the pivotal 1778 Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, featuring interpretive trails, monuments, and visitor facilities.
C. Newtown Battlefield State Park
Newtown Battlefield State Park is a historic site and public recreation area in Chemung County, New York, preserving the location of a major 1779 Revolutionary War battle between Continental Army forces and British-allied Iroquois.
D. Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Staatsburgh State Historic Site is a Gilded Age mansion and former country estate of the Mills family, preserved as a museum overlooking the Hudson River in New York.
E. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve is a protected cultural landscape on Whidbey Island in Washington that preserves historic farms, prairies, and coastal scenery reflecting early Pacific Northwest settlement.
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 Griswold Battlefield State Park
Target entity description: Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park is a historic Revolutionary War fort and battlefield in Groton, Connecticut, preserved as a state park commemorating the 1781 Battle of Groton Heights.

A. Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton Battlefield State Park is a historic site and public park preserving the location of a pivotal 1777 Revolutionary War battle near Princeton, New Jersey.
B. Monmouth Battlefield State Park
Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a historic New Jersey state park preserving the site of the pivotal 1778 Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, featuring interpretive trails, monuments, and visitor facilities.
C. Newtown Battlefield State Park
Newtown Battlefield State Park is a historic site and public recreation area in Chemung County, New York, preserving the location of a major 1779 Revolutionary War battle between Continental Army forces and British-allied Iroquois.
D. Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Staatsburgh State Historic Site is a Gilded Age mansion and former country estate of the Mills family, preserved as a museum overlooking the Hudson River in New York.
E. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve is a protected cultural landscape on Whidbey Island in Washington that preserves historic farms, prairies, and coastal scenery reflecting early Pacific Northwest settlement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battlefield ⓘ historic site ⓘ state park ⓘ
area	approximately 17 acres ⓘ
category	American Revolutionary War sites ⓘ Military and war museums in Connecticut ⓘ Parks in New London County, Connecticut ⓘ State parks of Connecticut ⓘ
commemorates	American defenders killed in 1781 ⓘ Battle of Groton Heights ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfEventCommemorated	September 6, 1781 ⓘ
elevation	approximately 130 feet above sea level ⓘ
established	1953 ⓘ
hasPart	Fort Griswold ⓘ linked to: Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park bastions ⓘ cannon emplacements ⓘ earthen fortifications ⓘ earthworks ⓘ gate ⓘ memorials ⓘ monument ⓘ museum ⓘ parking area ⓘ powder magazine ⓘ rampart walkways ⓘ stone ramparts ⓘ visitor facilities ⓘ
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ linked to: National Historic Landmark U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn	Connecticut ⓘ Groton, Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Groton, Connecticut Colony New London County, Connecticut ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
maintainedBy	Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ⓘ
municipality	Groton, Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Groton, Connecticut Colony
namedAfter	Fort Griswold ⓘ linked to: Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
NRHPReferenceNumber	66000890 ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ⓘ
overlooks	New London Harbor ⓘ linked to: New London harbor Thames River ⓘ
ownedBy	State of Connecticut ⓘ linked to: Connecticut
publicAccess	day-use only ⓘ
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Battle of Groton Heights ⓘ
state	Connecticut ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

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