 Hardy's name for the castle derived from William II, also known as William the Red, for whom the castle is thought to be built.This part of the Portland coast, down to Cheyne and beyond to Portland Bill was the setting of the early chapters of Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs".More recently, the castle and the house which lies in the same grounds was the home of Harvey Gillot, a fictional English arms dealer, in Gerald Seymour's esteemed thriller, "The Dealer and the Dead."