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Haselworth Castle
Hob Uid: 462029
Location : Hampshire Gosport Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SZ6120097800
Summary : Artillery castle, built in the 1545-6, demolished by 1600. Site now under either Fort Blockhouse or Fort Monckton.
More information : (Area SZ 625 992). A fortification called Haselworth Castle was built in the late 1540s on the Gosport side of the entrance to Portsmouth harbour, a little south-west of the tower (SZ 69 NW 17) on Blockhouse Point. (1) There are records of a Captain being appointed in 1545, and of the castle being 'beaten down' c 1600. (2) No trace. Exact siting not ascertained, but presumably under Fort Blockhouse [SZ 69 NW 20]. (3) Williams sites Haselworth Castle at or near the position of Fort Monkton [SZ 69 NW 21], (SZ 612978), not at Fort Blockhouse. (4) Fort Haselworth is first mentioned in July 1545 and was certainly gunned by December 1547 when a survey of forts West of Portsmouth harbour was undertaken. King Edward VI showed great dissatisfaction with the repair as well as the location of the bulwark and forts flanking the harbour entrance after a visit in 1552, and it is likely that Fort Haselworth was scrapped, along with other outlying fortifications after a commission of survey was carried out by the Marquis of Winchester in 1556. (5) Additional Bibliography. (6)

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Source details : A D Saunders
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Source details : G H Williams, Local Historian, Alverstoke.
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Source details : Gosport Records 14 1977 18 (G H Williams)
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Source details : Portsmouth Records No 30 Western Defences of Portsmouth Harbour 1400-1800 Dec 1979 13-14 (G H Williams)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built 1545-1546
Monument End Date : 1546
Monument Start Date : 1545
Monument Type : Artillery Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Demolished 1600
Monument End Date : 1600
Monument Start Date : 1600
Monument Type : Artillery Castle, Coastal Battery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SZ 69 NW 18
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Relationship type : General association

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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-01-22
End Date : 1969-01-22

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Haselworth Castle