St Mawes Castle
E281697
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Mawes Castle canonical | 6 |
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.