Talk:Southampton Castle

True/False Information?
Hi,

I'm very interested in making this a Good Article, I'm not from Southampton or nearby, and I've beeen trying to find some more information on the Castle. I found this website:

http://www.ecastles.co.uk/southampton.html

I was scrolling through the current information and it seemed to vary. Can anybody help me make some sense. Shall we add this information. It may be false.

Thanks, pbl1998--Pbl1998 (talk) 22:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)


 * ecastles isn't a particularly authoritative site; it doesn't provide references for its claims on the original date of the castle, for example, which seems to be the main difference with the article. Worth noting that the picture shown on the website is part of the city walls (the Bargate, in this case), not Southampton Castle. Hchc2009 (talk) 09:18, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

Yeah, thanks for replying! I didn't think it looked......True in a way! I thought I'd better confirm before I added the information. I think we'll give it a miss. Don't you?! Thanks for all help!!

Thanks again, pbl1998--Pbl1998 (talk) 10:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Removal of closely paraphrased material
Pbl1998, I've just removed the last lot of material because it is too close to the original, copyrighted text. The original site, for example, talks about... "The gap had been used for the tipping of rubbish from at least the late-medieval throughout the post-medieval period until the laying out of formal gardens on the site in the early-19th century."

It's far too close to this to then say in this article that... "During the late and Post-Medieval times it was used as a rubbish tip until formal gardens were layed out on the site in the earl 19th century." Hchc2009 (talk) 14:23, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

If you can please reword the paragraph as I think it's good information and that it would be a waste if something from the sight, reworded of course, was on the page. Something to say about the gardens and houses! Do you see what I mean? If you do please reword it the way you would like! Like I've saide before, it would be a waste if you didn't!

Thanks, pbl1998--Pbl1998 (talk) 14:40, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Possible pic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/birds-eye-view-of-southampton-showing-original-walls-tower17137

Quality not great mind.©Geni 06:09, 15 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Spooky - I was looking the equivalent image in Hilary Turner's book yesterday (I'm writing an article on the town walls). It's one of Philiip Brannon's better pictures - he did some others of the area. I'd caveat that the details are mostly wrong (in 1856, almost none of the modern archaeology and historical research had been done), but I like it because it gets the sense of scale and colour across. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Also a rather poor painting of Landsdowne Castle:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/southampton-castle

©Geni (talk) 00:51, 17 November 2015 (UTC)