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Not sure if they count, but the site appears to be missing loads of British star-forts built around the great lakes, st. lawrence, and eastern Canada! https://

by yabones 2mo ago

Not sure if they count, but the site appears to be missing loads of British star-forts built around the great lakes, st. lawrence, and eastern Canada! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_Hill_(Fort_George) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_Hill_(Fort_George) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Island_(Nova_Scotia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Island_(Nova_Scotia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadelle_of_Quebec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadelle_of_Quebec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Fort_Erie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Fort_Erie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Anne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Anne They built these things _everywhere_, probably a good part of what bankrupted the British Empire! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Charlotte_(Nassau) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Charlotte_(Nassau) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_Fort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_Fort

mr_toad 2mo ago
It’s missing the extensive Napoleonic-era Western Fortifications on the opposite side of Dover from the much more famous Dover Castle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Western_Heights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Western_Heights But to be fair they’re much less well known, and quite well concealed, and are partly on private land, with big fences, cameras and scary warning signs. Tourists don’t seem to be much interested in post-medieval fortifications.
- yabones 2mo ago
  It's probably somewhat regional, as the ones in Canada seem to have pretty good tourism interest, especially when they're right inside a city like Quebec and Halifax. But we're also very starved for true "Medieval Castles" like Europe or east Asia, so we take what we can get!
NicuCalcea 2mo ago
I imagine they only downloaded whatever was tagged as "castle" in wikidata. Compare these two: Bran Castle: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390275 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390275 Citadel Hill: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321867 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321867
electroweak 2mo ago
And Casa Loma is only a castle in the same sense as the one at Disneyworld. These may be textually and superficially similar to historic castles but are completely different. A knowledgable historian would not curate this list. The author should indicate this is just a technical demonstration.

by yabones 2mo ago

mr_toad 2mo ago

It’s missing the extensive Napoleonic-era Western Fortifications on the opposite side of Dover from the much more famous Dover Castle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Western_Heights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Western_Heights But to be fair they’re much less well known, and quite well concealed, and are partly on private land, with big fences, cameras and scary warning signs. Tourists don’t seem to be much interested in post-medieval fortifications.

yabones 2mo ago
It's probably somewhat regional, as the ones in Canada seem to have pretty good tourism interest, especially when they're right inside a city like Quebec and Halifax. But we're also very starved for true "Medieval Castles" like Europe or east Asia, so we take what we can get!

NicuCalcea 2mo ago

I imagine they only downloaded whatever was tagged as "castle" in wikidata. Compare these two: Bran Castle: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390275 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390275 Citadel Hill: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321867 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321867

electroweak 2mo ago

And Casa Loma is only a castle in the same sense as the one at Disneyworld. These may be textually and superficially similar to historic castles but are completely different. A knowledgable historian would not curate this list. The author should indicate this is just a technical demonstration.