{"id":4256,"date":"2024-10-04T11:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T11:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T11:07:05","slug":"yarmouth-castle-isle-of-wight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4256","title":{"rendered":"Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>English Heritage<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Construction of the castle was begun in 1547, as the last of Henry VIII&#8217;s forts built to defend the English coast. It is square in plan with a projecting bastion. By 1565 the design had been modified by filling in much of the space to provide a solid elevated gun platform on the northern side. The castle was used as a defensive point or barracks until the 1890&#8217;s, and also used for various purposes during WWI and WWII.<\/p>\n<p>The angle bastion is the oldest surviving in an English castle.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the castle contains besides the gun platform an entrance courtyard, the Master Gunner&#8217;s House, and a long attic once used for accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>The castle is worth a visit if you are in the area. I spotted the English Heritage flag flying from the castle while walking on the wooden pier, and had a hunt around for the entrance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/yarmouth-castle\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EH Yarmouth Castle<\/a><br \/>\nNo pictures &#8211; I bought a guidebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage Construction of the castle was begun in 1547, as the last of Henry VIII&#8217;s forts built to defend the English coast. It is square in plan with a projecting bastion. By 1565 the design had been modified by filling in much of the space to provide a solid elevated gun platform on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4256\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight&#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":[6,4,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256"}],"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=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4271,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}