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Portland Castle

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

Summary

Portland Castle is a historic house museum[1]. It draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #130 of 425).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portland Castle is located in Portland[3].
  • Portland Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Portland Castle's instance of is recorded as historic house museum[5].
  • Portland Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Portland Castle's instance of is recorded as military museum[7].
  • Portland Castle's instance of is recorded as independent museum[8].
  • Portland Castle's instance of is recorded as fort[9].
  • Portland Castle is owned by English Heritage[10].
  • Portland Castle is operated by English Heritage[11].
  • Portland Castle is made of Portland limestone[12].
  • Portland Castle's postal code is recorded as DT5 1AZ[13].
  • Portland Castle is part of Device Forts[14].
  • Portland Castle's Commons category is recorded as Portland Castle[15].
  • 1539 marks the founding of Portland Castle[16].
  • Portland Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SY6845974370[17].
  • Portland Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.568361111111, 'lon': -2.4468}[18].
  • Portland Castle's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Isle of Portland[19].
  • Portland Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/portland-castle/[20].
  • Portland Castle's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[21].
  • Portland Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[22].
  • Portland Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[23].
  • Portland Castle's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Liberty Road, Portland DT5 1AZ'}[24].
  • Portland Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as South Dorset[25].
  • Portland Castle's historic county is recorded as Dorset[26].

Body

Founding

1539 marks the founding of Portland Castle[16].

Identity

Portland Castle is part of Device Forts[14].

Operations

Portland Castle is operated by English Heritage[11].

Ownership

Portland Castle is owned by English Heritage[10].

Why It Matters

Portland Castle draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #130 of 425).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Official website → https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/portland-ca
    Heritage designation → Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
    Made from material → Portland limestone
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum Countries from MML ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/1f775a6fab1|details]])"
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