St Mawes Castle

St Mawes Castle

St Mawes Castle and its larger sister castle, Pendennis, were built as part of a defensive chain of fortresses to protect the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

St Mawes Castle was built between 1539 and 1545, half way down the hillside on the eastern shore of the River Fal estuary to provide protection to the large inland expanse of water known as the Carrick Roads, near Falmouth (which is the third largest natural harbour in the world). St Mawes was constructed with a central tower overlooking three huge circular bastions attached on the sides in a clover leaf pattern, providing a wide area for gun placements, with gun ports covering every angle of approach to the estuary.

In 1999 there was some controversy regarding this site and others under the care of the English Heritage organisation. Members of a pressure group, the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, confiscated several signs bearing the English Heritage name. [ [http://www.cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk/heritage-signs.html Cornish Stannary Parliament tackles English cultural aggression in Cornwall.] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1768853.stm BBC News: Historic signs case trio bound over] ] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,636016,00.html How three Cornish men and a raid on King Arthur's castle rocked English Heritage] ]

ee also

*List of topics related to Cornwall
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External links

* [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.307 St Mawes Castle information at English Heritage]

References


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