The Keep Military Museum

The Keep, Dorchester is part of the former county barracks of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 54th Regiment of Foot. The barracks were built in about 1880 and housed various regiments as units were amalgamated. It ceased to be used in 1958 and most of the site was redeveloped in the 1960s, but the keep remained in Ministry of Defence hands and is now used as a regimental museum.

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1877 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Devonshire Regiment Museum; Dorset Military Museum
independent museum, military museum, 

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• Grade II* listed building page^@
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• Grade II listed building page^@
• Grade I listed building page^@
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  Battle of Babylon Hill ⓘ
  1642 a skirmish of First English Civil War

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  Battle of Weymouth ⓘ
  1645 battle during the First English Civil 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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  Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill ⓘ
  anti-aircraft battery in Arne, 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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  Yeovil Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
  British Cold War command centre in Somerset

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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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  Sherborne Old Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Castleton, 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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  Royal Signals Museum ⓘ
  regimental museum in Tarrant Monkton, Dorset, 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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  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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1877 The Keep Military Museum

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1642 Battle of Babylon Hill

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1645 Battle of Weymouth

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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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1947 The Tank Museum

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1967 Royal Signals 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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Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) - Lieutenant Alexander Graham Spiers (b.1793) - 255-559 - The Keep Military Museum

Unknown artist - Portrait of a Lieutenant Colonel (believed to be John Cambell, 5th Duke of Argyle, 1723–1806) - T-1989-110 - The Keep Military Museum

Thomas Beach (1738-1806) - George Pitt (1721–1803), 1st Lord Rivers - 1975-9 - The Keep Military Museum

Dorset Military Museum, Dorchester

The Keep Military Museum -England-21Feb2004

The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset

Dorford Baptist Church and Military Keep, Dorchester

The Keep. Dorchester

Vespasian House and the Military Museum.

The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset. -East tower-16Sept2009

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1642	Battle of Babylon Hill	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1645	Battle of Weymouth	battle	Wikidata
link	channel		Facebook channel@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed park and garden page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II* listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Mapping Museums page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade II listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Grade I listed building page@		Wikidata
link	page		Mapping Museums page@		Wikidata
link	page		Art UK website page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Heritage List for England page@		Wikidata
link	page		British Listed Buildings page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-74	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1961	Westland Helicopters	arms industry, aerospace manufacturer, aerospace industry	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		Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill	artillery 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	bunker		Yeovil Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps, Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Rufus Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Sandsfoot Castle	fort, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Sherborne Old Castle	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	museum	1967	Royal Signals Museum	independent museum, regimental 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		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		Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) - Lieutenant Alexander Graham Spiers (b.1793) - 255-559 - The Keep Military Museum		Commons
commons	image		Unknown artist - Portrait of a Lieutenant Colonel (believed to be John Cambell, 5th Duke of Argyle, 1723–1806) - T-1989-110 - The Keep Military Museum		Commons
commons	image		Thomas Beach (1738-1806) - George Pitt (1721–1803), 1st Lord Rivers - 1975-9 - The Keep Military Museum		Commons
commons	image		Dorset Military Museum, Dorchester		Commons
commons	image		The Keep Military Museum -England-21Feb2004		Commons
commons	image		The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset		Commons
commons	image		Dorford Baptist Church and Military Keep, Dorchester		Commons
commons	image		The Keep. Dorchester		Commons
commons	image		Vespasian House and the Military Museum.		Commons
commons	image		The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset. -East tower-16Sept2009		Commons