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St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fa
A car park on the grassy area by St. Mawes castle, looking out across Carrick Roads and towards Falmouth. Not a lot going on here, but still a nice quiet spot.
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A small but simply stunning garden, it ranks highly in our ‘small is beautiful’ collection, and featured in the Nation’s Favourite Gardens broadcast by the BBC in 2002. Inspired by travels abroad, this horticultural hotspot hosts an extensive collection of sub-tropical species set amongst tranquil water gardens. When Robert Dudley-Cooke moved to Lamorran House from Surrey in 1982, he brought with him many types of rhododendrons and evergreen azaleas. Now you can find over 500 varieties of azaleas bursting into bloom as a result of his initial efforts. As he set about re-creating the gardens of his new residence, the first major development was the Japanese garden with a grotto and waterfall. Then the lower garden was transformed into a Mediterranean-style garden with innovative terrace-plantings in the style of the great gardens of the Italian Riviera. A small temple sits above a wall of bougainvillea and from the succulent bank sprouts agaves and lampranthus. A small Venetian styled bridge from which the visitor has a view out to sea leaning over a balustrade. Standing in this area it is difficult to believe you are on the British mainland with massed plantings of organge gazaniasand arctotis. Wander through various types of acacias, hundreds of palms – 32 different species – and tree ferns – cyatheas and dicksonias – and experience a distinctly tropical atmosphere as you tread beneath the lush jungle-like canopies. This is a fantastic garden for strolling and relaxing, or for keen garden-enthusiasts to nose into the techniques of the acclimatisation of exotics in the Cornish climate. Whatever your intent, Lamorran is a continually developing horticultural corner and makes a fascinating and unique day out for all garden lovers.
Our final run of the 2010 season. From Chiverton services, down to the King Harry Ferry, across to St Mawes Castle, through St Mawes and up Roseland Peninsula and back through Truro. Sunday 26th September 2010.
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St Mawes Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1540-45 as one of a pair of artillery forts to protect this strategic area from the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. Pendennis Castle was built on the opposite headland and between them their cannon could cover the entire entrance to the Fal estuary.
The castle has a central circular tower with three lower semi-circular bastions that give the castle the appearance of a clover leaf when viewed from above. The main entrance is on the landward side, protected by a rock-cut ditch. Cannon could be mounted on the roof of the main tower and bastions and on floors within the bastions. The defences at St Mawes were designed to counter the threat of an attack from the sea, but overlooked by high ground it was vulnerable to an attack from the land. The more defensible Pendennis Castle became the dominant fortress in the region and as a result St Mawes did not see the major alterations that took place at Pendennis and has retained most of its original Tudor design.