Calshot Castle

E406579

Calshot Castle is a small 16th-century coastal artillery fort on England’s south coast, built by Henry VIII to defend the entrance to Southampton Water.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Calshot Castle canonical 5
Yarmouth Castle 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf DeviceFortress
artillery fort
coastal fortification
architecturalStyle Tudor military architecture
associatedWith Calshot RAF seaplane base
linked to: RNAS Calshot
builtBy Henry VIII of England
builtFor coastal artillery defence
defence of Southampton Water
defence of the Solent
controlledBy English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England

Ministry of Defence
War Office
country England
garrisonedBy Royal Artillery
hasConstructionEndDate 1540
hasConstructionStartDate 1539
hasFeature central circular tower
curtain wall
gatehouse
gun platforms
moat
hasFunction artillery platform
coastal defence fort
hasShape circular keep
hasViewOf Isle of Wight
Solent
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
Scheduled Monument
locatedAtMouthOf Southampton Water
locatedIn Calshot
Hampshire
locatedInRegion South East England
locatedNear Southampton Water
locatedOn south coast of England
managedBy English Heritage
materialUsed stone
nearby Calshot Activities Centre
Calshot Spit
openToPublic true
partOf Device Forts
usedAs accommodation for seaplane base personnel
coastguard station
signal station
usedDuring First World War
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars
Second World War
linked to: World War II

Tudor period
linked to: Tudor England

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Calshot Spit hasStructure Calshot Castle
Fawley hasNearbyHistoricSite Calshot Castle
Calshot hasFacility Calshot Castle
Device Forts notableWork Calshot Castle
Device Forts notableWork Yarmouth Castle
linked to: Calshot Castle
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight hasLandmark Yarmouth Castle
linked to: Calshot Castle
Calshot Lighthouse nearbyFacility Calshot Castle