Template:Did you know nominations/Portland Castle

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The result was: promoted by 4meter4 (talk) 23:27, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Portland Castle

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The keep of Portland Castle, seen from the harbour

• ... that the heart of Portland Castle is the keep, comprising a central tower with two wings on either side and a gun battery to the front?

• Reviewed: Pachycondyla petrosa

Improved to Good Article status by Hchc2009 (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 19:26, 28 October 2015 (UTC).

• Improved to GA status in appropriate time frame before date, written neutrally, Earwig's copyvio negative, size ok, adequately sourced, QPQ done.....but I think we need to come up with an interesting hook, as that isn't......I'll have a think on this.Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:10, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

• @Casliber and Oceanh: sad to see this languishing for lack of a hook. What about:

• ALT1 ... that Portland Castle (pictured) was built to thwart a French or Spanish attack after King Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon? The source appears to be offline, but I've found online sources which verify it too. OR even
• ALT2 ... that Historic England ranks Portland Castle (pictured) as one of the "best preserved and best known examples" of the artillery castles constructed by King Henry VIII? SusunW (talk) 02:13, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

• yeah/nice....let's go with ALT1. gtg. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:28, 22 November 2015 (UTC)