Southsea Castle

Summary

Southsea Castle is a castle^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Southsea Castle is located in City of Portsmouth^[3].
• Southsea Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Southsea Castle's instance of is recorded as castle^[5].
• Southsea Castle's instance of is recorded as military museum^[6].
• Southsea Castle's instance of is recorded as fort^[7].
• Southsea Castle's instance of is recorded as local authority museum^[8].
• Southsea Castle is owned by Henry VIII of England^[9].
• Southsea Castle is owned by Portsmouth City Council^[10].
• Southsea Castle took place at Southsea^[11].
• Southsea Castle's postal code is recorded as PO5 3PA^[12].
• Southsea Castle is part of Device Forts^[13].
• Southsea Castle is part of Portsmouth Palmerston Forts^[14].
• Southsea Castle's Commons category is recorded as Southsea Castle^[15].
• 1543 marks the founding of Southsea Castle^[16].
• Southsea Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SZ6433298013^[17].
• Southsea Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.778, 'lon': -1.08888}^[18].
• Southsea Castle's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Portsea Island^[19].
• Southsea Castle's official website is recorded as https://southseacastle.co.uk/^[20].
• Southsea Castle's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet^[21].
• Southsea Castle's described by source is recorded as Starforts^[22].
• Southsea Castle's described by source is recorded as Solent Papers 12: Portsmouth Lines and Southsea Defences^[23].
• Southsea Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles^[24].
• Southsea Castle's described by source is recorded as Victorian Forts and Artillery^[25].
• Southsea Castle's described by source is recorded as Castellogy^[26].
• Southsea Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument^[27].

Body

Founding

1543 marks the founding of Southsea Castle^[16].

Identity

Part of include Device Forts^[13], a group of structures or buildings^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1539^[30] and Portsmouth Palmerston Forts^[14], a group of structures or buildings^[31], in United Kingdom^[32].

Ownership

Owners include Henry VIII of England^[9], a monarch^[33], 1491–1547^[34], of Kingdom of England^[35], awarded the Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece^[36] and Portsmouth City Council^[10], an unitary authority in England^[37], in United Kingdom^[38].

Why It Matters

Southsea Castle ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39]