Pendennis Castle

E281696
Device Forts artillery fortress heritage site

Pendennis Castle is a coastal artillery fortress in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Fal estuary and Falmouth harbour.

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Label Occurrences
Pendennis Castle canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Device Forts ⓘ
artillery fortress ⓘ
heritage site ⓘ
builtBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry VIII
commissionedBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry VIII
constructedFor defence of Falmouth Harbour ⓘ
defence of the Fal estuary ⓘ
constructionEnd 1545 ⓘ
constructionStart 1540 ⓘ
controlledApproachesTo Carrick Roads ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
elevation headland above Falmouth Harbour ⓘ
era Tudor period ⓘ
formsDefensivePairWith St Mawes Castle ⓘ
garrisonRole coastal artillery battery ⓘ
hasExhibition Tudor defences of England ⓘ
history of coastal artillery ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
circular keep ⓘ
curtain wall ⓘ
dry moat ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
gun platforms ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ
lastRoyalistGarrisonToSurrenderIn England ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
location Falmouth ⓘ
managedBy English Heritage ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyFortification St Mawes Castle ⓘ
nearestTown Falmouth ⓘ
notableEvent Royalist siege of 1646 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Fal Estuary ⓘ
surface form: Fal estuary

Falmouth Harbour ⓘ
ownedBy the Crown ⓘ
surface form: The Crown
partOf King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
surface form: King Henry VIII's coastal defence system
region southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
strategicImportance defence of the western approaches to the English Channel ⓘ
usedDuring English Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falmouth, England → hasLandmark → Pendennis Castle ⓘ
Castle Beach → hasViewOf → Pendennis Castle ⓘ
St Mawes Castle → faces → Pendennis Castle ⓘ
St Mawes Castle → partOfDefenceSystemWith → Pendennis Castle ⓘ
Device Forts → notableWork → Pendennis Castle ⓘ