- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1743815
- Also known as:
- Chaderton Castle
- Part of:
- Portsmouth Museum Service
- Instance of:
- castle; military museum; fort; local authority museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1455
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q1743815/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Wikipedia)
The castle houses a collection of cannon. Two of these, a 68-pounder (30.8 kg) and an RML 9-inch 12 ton (22.8 cm 12,192 kg) gun, are located in the grounds, and within the castle itself is a 24-pounder (10.8 kg) from HMS Royal George, an RML 9-pounder 8 cwt (4 kg 406 kg) and two hexagonally rifled Witworth 3-pounder (1.3 kg) breech-loaders dating from 1876.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article “Southsea Castle”, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source: Wikipedia
Date: 2025
Licence: CC-BY-SA