{"id":2322,"date":"2015-08-23T14:51:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2015-08-23T14:51:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T14:51:51","slug":"southsea-castle-portsmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2322","title":{"rendered":"Southsea Castle, Portsmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8753.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8753.jpg\" alt=\"Southsea Castle exterior\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8753.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8753-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <em>Portsmouth City Council<\/em><br \/>\nThe original castle was built in 1544 for Henry VIII, amidst fears of an invasion. It had a square keep and external angular bastions. Subsequently the keep was raised in height, and a much larger set of 19th-century fortifications was built around it, with mountings for 68-pounder guns.<br \/>\nA lighthouse was added to the western gun platform in 1838.<br \/>\nThe castle saw active service in WWI and WWII and was still in military use until the 1950&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Today, visitors can explore the keep, ramparts and a tunnel that runs under the dry moat. There are several cannon, large and small, on display. Worth a visit.<br \/>\nAdmission is free.<br \/>\nA car park (cheargeable) is nearby.<br \/>\nThere is a cafe inside the castle.<br \/>\nThumbnails:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2337\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8755.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8755-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Castle Entrance\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2337\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2338\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8757.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8757-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"68lb. cannon &amp; mounting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">68lb. cannon<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2339\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8758.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8758-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Keep from ramparts\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2339\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keep<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2340\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8759.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Southsea_8759-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cannons on rampart\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2340\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cannons<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portsmouth City Council The original castle was built in 1544 for Henry VIII, amidst fears of an invasion. It had a square keep and external angular bastions. Subsequently the keep was raised in height, and a much larger set of 19th-century fortifications was built around it, with mountings for 68-pounder guns. A lighthouse was added &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2322\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Southsea Castle, Portsmouth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322\/revisions\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}