St Mawes Castle

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St Mawes Castle is a well-preserved 16th-century coastal artillery fort in Cornwall, England, built by Henry VIII to defend the strategically important Carrick Roads waterway.

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St Mawes Castle canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Device Fort
artillery fort
coastal fortress
heritage site
architecturalStyle Tudor military architecture
builtBy Henry VIII of England
builtDuring Tudor period
builtToDefend Carrick Roads waterway
approaches to Falmouth
constructionEnd 1545
constructionStart 1539
country England
faces Pendennis Castle
garrisonRole coastal artillery defence
hasFeature central circular tower
decorative stone carvings
dry moat
embrasures for artillery
gatehouse
gun platforms
gun ports
latrine turrets
sea-facing gun batteries
spiral staircases
stone curtain walls
three semi-circular bastions
hasInscription Latin inscriptions praising Henry VIII
royal coat of arms of England
surface form: royal arms of Henry VIII
hasViewOf Falmouth
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Scheduled Monument
locatedIn Cornwall
southwest England
surface form: South West England

St Mawes
locatedOn Roseland Peninsula
managedBy English Heritage
nearby St Mawes
surface form: St Mawes village
openToPublic true
overlooks Carrick Roads
Falmouth Bay
owner English Heritage
partOf King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
surface form: King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme
partOfDefenceSystemWith Pendennis Castle
region United Kingdom
shape cloverleaf plan
surrenderedTo Parliamentarian forces
surrenderYear 1646
usedAs tourist attraction
usedInConflict English Civil War

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Falmouth, England hasLandmark St Mawes Castle
St Mawes hasLandmark St Mawes Castle
St Mawes hasTouristAttraction St Mawes Castle
Pendennis Castle nearbyFortification St Mawes Castle
Pendennis Castle formsDefensivePairWith St Mawes Castle
Device Forts notableWork St Mawes Castle