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ST MAWES CASTLE, CORNWALL
St Mawes castle, administered by English Heritage, is situated on one side of the natural inlet of Carrick Roads, near Falmouth. Its opposite number on the other side of the inlet is Pendennis castle. ST Mawes is one of the best preserved of Henry VIII's coastal artillery fortresses and was built in the early 1540s It consists of a central tower and three large circular bastions that provided a wide area for gun emplacements. It was occupied by the royalists during the civil war but could not be defended from a land attack. The garrison surrendered to parliament in 1646. A lower gun battery was added during the Napoleonic wars and the fortress was still in use, with modernisations, during the second world war
ST MAWES CASTLE, CORNWALL
St Mawes castle, administered by English Heritage, is situated on one side of the natural inlet of Carrick Roads, near Falmouth. Its opposite number on the other side of the inlet is Pendennis castle. ST Mawes is one of the best preserved of Henry VIII's coastal artillery fortresses and was built in the early 1540s It consists of a central tower and three large circular bastions that provided a wide area for gun emplacements. It was occupied by the royalists during the civil war but could not be defended from a land attack. The garrison surrendered to parliament in 1646. A lower gun battery was added during the Napoleonic wars and the fortress was still in use, with modernisations, during the second world war