Sandsfoot Castle

Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Weymouth, Dorset. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Weymouth Bay anchorage. The stone castle had an octagonal gun platform, linked to a residential blockhouse, and was completed by 1542 at a cost of £3,887. Earthwork defences were built around the landward side of the castle, probably in 1623. Sandsfoot saw service during the English Civil War, when it was held by Parliament and Royalists in turn during the conflict. It survived the interregnum but, following Charles II's restoration to the throne, the fortress was withdrawn from military use in 1665.

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  Battle of Weymouth ⓘ
  1645 battle during the First English Civil War

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  Battle of Portland ⓘ
  1653 naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War

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  Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery ⓘ
  architectural structure in Portland, Dorset, England, UK

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  Battery approximately 160m NE of East Weare Camp ⓘ
  architectural structure in Portland, Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

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  Battery approximately 80m SE of East Weare Camp ⓘ
  architectural structure in Portland, Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

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  Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm ⓘ
  architectural structure in Portland, Dorset, England, UK

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  Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House ⓘ
  architectural structure in Wareham St. Martin, Purbeck, England, UK

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  Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 650m south east of Sandford House ⓘ
  architectural structure in Wareham St. Martin, Purbeck, England, UK

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  Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery ⓘ
  

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  Verne High Angle Battery ⓘ
  artillery battery in Portland, Weymouth and Portland, Dorset, England, UK

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  East Weare Battery ⓘ
  architectural structure in Portland, Weymouth and Portland, Dorset, England, UK

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  Ridgeway Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
  British air defence bunker

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  Rufus Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Portland, Dorset, England, UK  

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  Sandsfoot Castle ⓘ
  castle in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK  

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  Corfe Castle ⓘ
  fortification in Dorset, England, UK  

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  Portland Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed Device Fort in Dorset, England, UK  

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  Inner Pierhead Fort ⓘ
  fort at the entrance to Portland Harbour, UK

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  Portland Breakwater Fort ⓘ
  fort in Portland Harbour, Dorset, United Kingdom

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  Upton Fort ⓘ
  fort in Osmington, Dorset, England, UK

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  Verne Citadel ⓘ
  citadel in Portland, Dorset, England, UK

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  Nothe Fort ⓘ
  fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom  

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  Blacknor Fort ⓘ
  Fort on the Isle of Portland, England

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  Maritime House ⓘ
  military Museum, Former military Installation and hotel in Dorset, UK

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  The Keep Military Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Dorchester, West Dorset, England, UK

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  The Tank Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Bovington, United Kingdom  

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  HMS A3 ⓘ
  1903 A-class submarine

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  HMS Boadicea ⓘ
  1930 B-class destroyer

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  HMS Delight ⓘ
  1932 D-class destroyer

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  HMS Foylebank ⓘ
  1930 cargo ship converted to anti-aircraft role

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  HMS L24 ⓘ
  1919 L-class submarine

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  HMT Arfon ⓘ
  1908 naval trawler

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  USS LST-507 ⓘ
  1943 LST-491-class tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site

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  USS S-24 ⓘ
  1922 S-class submarine

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  HMS Hood ⓘ
  1891 Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship

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  HMS M2 ⓘ
  1918 M-class submarine

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  Minerve ⓘ
  Q185 French submarine

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1645 Battle of Weymouth

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1653 Battle of Portland

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1862 East Weare Battery

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1100 Corfe Castle

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1539 Portland Castle

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1857 Verne Citadel

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1860 Nothe Fort

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1900 Blacknor Fort

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1877 The Keep Military Museum

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1947 The Tank Museum

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1891 HMS Hood

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1918 HMS M2

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1936 Minerve

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Gezicht op het schiereiland van Portland Angleterre. Défense des côtes. Reconaissance de 1891. Photographies (serietitel), RP-F-2000-126-18

Sandsfoot Castle, Portland, England-LCCN2002708057

Gezicht op het schiereiland van Portland Angleterre. Défense des côtes. Reconaissance de 1891. Photographies (serietitel), RP-F-2000-126-18

Sandsfoot Castle, Portland, England-LCCN2002708057

Sandsfoot Castle, 1756

Sandsfoot Castle, 1756

Sandsfoot Castle, 1825

Sandsfoot Castle, 1825

Sandsfoot Castle

Sandsfoot Castle

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1645	Battle of Weymouth	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1653	Battle of Portland	Dutch Republic, Commonwealth of England, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		British Listed Buildings page@		Wikidata
link	page		Cultural Inventory page@		Wikidata
link	page		Gatehouse Gazetteer page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade I listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade I listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed park and garden page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed park and garden page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II* listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II* listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Historic England research records page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Heritage List for England page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Heritage List for England page@		Wikidata
link	page		CastlesFortsBattles page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
link	page		Sketchfab page@	Sandsfoot Castle	Wikidata
link	page		Sketchfab page@	Sandsfoot Castle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-74	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS LST-531	tank landing ship, LST-491-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery approximately 160m NE of East Weare Camp	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Battery approximately 80m SE of East Weare Camp	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 650m south east of Sandford House	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Verne High Angle Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1862	East Weare Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Ridgeway Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Rufus Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Sandsfoot Castle	fort, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1100	Corfe Castle	castle ruin, archaeological site, National Trust	Wikidata
site	castle	1539	Portland Castle	military museum, historic house museum, fort, English Heritage, castle, independent museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Inner Pierhead Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Portland Breakwater Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Upton Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1857	Verne Citadel	fort, citadel	Wikidata
site	fort	1860	Nothe Fort	local authority museum, military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1900	Blacknor Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		Maritime House	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	The Keep Military Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1947	The Tank Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS A3	A-class submarine, sunken vessel, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Boadicea	shipwreck, B-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Delight	D-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Foylebank	warship, shipwreck, cargo ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS L24	sunken vessel, submarine, L-class submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMT Arfon	naval trawler, shipwreck, fishing trawler	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS LST-507	shipwreck, tank landing ship, recreational dive site, LST-491-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		USS S-24	shipwreck, S-class submarine, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1891	HMS Hood	pre-dreadnought battleship, Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1918	HMS M2	M-class submarine, shipwreck, submarine	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1936	Minerve	shipwreck, submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		Gezicht op het schiereiland van Portland Angleterre. Défense des côtes. Reconaissance de 1891. Photographies (serietitel), RP-F-2000-126-18		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle, Portland, England-LCCN2002708057		Commons
commons	image		Gezicht op het schiereiland van Portland Angleterre. Défense des côtes. Reconaissance de 1891. Photographies (serietitel), RP-F-2000-126-18		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle, Portland, England-LCCN2002708057		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle, 1756		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle, 1756		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle, 1825		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle, 1825		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle		Commons
commons	image		Sandsfoot Castle		Commons