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A very neat-looking Volvo 340. Picture taken because I found myself thinking that these used to be so common and now have almost completely vanished.
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We stayed at Stargazers with St Mawes Retreats www.stmawesretreats.co.uk/
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St Mawes is one of the finest examples of Tudor military architecture, being one of the most decorated of Henry VIII's castle forts
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St Mawes castle is a Device fort built between 1540 and 1545 as part of Henry VIII's south coast fortifications. Together with its sister castle at Pendennis, St Mawes defended the approaches to Carrick Roads, one of the largest natural harbours in the country. It was built just above an earlier fortification dating to the late 1530s. The building work was supervised by Thomas Treffry, who supervised the building of Pendennis Castle at about the same time. St Mawes was constructed with a central tower overlooking three huge circular bastions attached on the sides in a clover leaf pattern, providing a wide area for gun placements, with gun ports covering every angle of approach to the estuary. The clover-leaf plan was originally designed to mount "ship-sinking" guns. The castle was occupied by the Royalists in the English Civil War, but it was not defensible from land attack, and it surrendered to Parliamentary forces in 1646. In the late 17th century a lead-covered dome (cupola) was added to the castle's stair turret as a navigational aid or daymark.
At the end of the 18th century, a lower gun battery beneath St Mawes castle was built during the Napoleonic Wars – it was armed with twelve guns and built with three flanks. In about 1870, the battery was armed by four 64 pounder guns, but the battery was remodelled in 1898 to house two 6 pounder quick-firing guns and a heavy machine gun. These were served by a new underground magazine situated beneath the battery. The lower battery was superseded by a more powerful battery built on higher ground by 1903. During World War II, the battery was part of an extensive system of defences set up on the headland.
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
43094 ST MAWES CASTLE is seen arriving at Bristol Temple Meads with a GWR working to Taunton. The GWR HST's are now known as Class 255 Castle sets.
St. Mawes Castle, located near Falmouth, Cornwall, was built between 1539 and 1545. It, along with its sister, Pendennis Castle, were built as part of Henry VIII’s device forts. St. Mawes was built on the eastern shore of the River Fal to protect the south coast of Cornwall from possible threats by France and Spain.
St. Mawes Castle is one of the best preserved of Henry’s device forts and the most elaborately decorated. The castle is a clover-leaf design, which consists of a central keep and three semi-circular bastions, and is surrounded by an outer defense. The keep is three stories and served as accommodation for the troops. The guns were mounted on the bastion. The castle is surrounded by a moat and can only be accessed by a drawbridge.
It is categorized as an artillery castle and was designed to mount heavy guns capable of approaching sinking ships. The castle is decorated with sea monsters, gargoyles, and Latin inscriptions that praise Henry and his son, Edward VI.