Portland Castle

Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the , , 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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portland Navy and Royal Naval Hospital, Portland.
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RNAS Portland was an air station of the Royal Navy…
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The Portland Royal Naval Hospital was a naval hospital… is situated 970 feet southeast of Portland Castle.
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is situated 780 feet east of Portland Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castletown and Chiswell.
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is a small in Underhill on the in .
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, sometimes, is a small village at the…
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is a in Underhill on the , in , England.

Portland Castle

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Latitude
50.56824° or 50° 34′ 6″ north
Longitude
-2.44674° or 2° 26′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C2VHH93+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 147476398
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6286276
Wiki­data ID
Q1638741

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Portland Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Portland gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Portland Castle”
  • Chinese: “波特蘭城堡”
  • Danish: “Portland Castle”
  • French: “Château de Portland”
  • German: “Portland Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Portland”
  • Italian: “Portland Castle”
  • Japanese: “ポートランド城”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Portland”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Pórtland”
  • Swedish: “Portland Castle”
  • Turkish: “Portland Kalesi”

Localities in the Area

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