St Mawes Castle

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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 Fal. The castle was built under the direction of Thomas Treffry to a clover leaf design, with a four-storey central tower and three protruding, round bastions that formed gun platforms. It was initially armed with 19 artillery pieces, intended for use against enemy shipping, operating in partnership with its sister castle of Pendennis on the other side of the estuary. During the English Civil War, St Mawes was held by Royalist supporters of King Charles I, but surrendered to a Parliamentary army in 1646 in the final phase of the conflict.

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Location: 50.1554, -5.0239, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,  
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  • Battle at The Lizard ⓘ
    1707 naval battle
  • Early 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castle ⓘ
    artillery battery St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, England, UK
  • Predannack Anti-Aircraft Battery ⓘ
    anti-aircraft battery museum
  • St Anthony Battery ⓘ
  • St Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centre ⓘ
    civil defence centre in Cornwall, UK
  • Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre ⓘ
    civil defence centre in Cornwall
  • Truro Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
    British Cold War command centre in Cornwall
  • Caerhays Castle ⓘ
    Grade I listed country house in Cornwall, England, UK  
  • St Mawes Castle ⓘ
    castle in Cornwall built in the 16th century  
  • Pendennis Castle ⓘ
    Device Fort on the west side of the estuary of the River Fal, near Falmouth in Cornwall, England, UK  
  • Military Vehicles Museum ⓘ
    former military museum in Lamanva, Cornwall
  • HMCS Trentonian ⓘ
    1943 modified Flower-class corvette
  • HMS Royal Anne Galley ⓘ
    1709 fifth-rate frigate
  • HMS Schiedam ⓘ
    1680s fluyt
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Joseph Mallord William Turner - St. Mawes, Cornwall - Google Art ProjectJoseph Mallord William Turner - St. Mawes, Cornwall - Google Art Project
Joseph Mallord William Turner - St. Mawes, Cornwall - Google Art ProjectJoseph Mallord William Turner - St. Mawes, Cornwall - Google Art Project
John Thomas Serres - St Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East - B1975.4.1604 - Yale Center for British ArtJohn Thomas Serres - St Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East - B1975.4.1604 - Yale Center for British Art
Turner 1811 View of Pendennis Castle from St MawesTurner 1811 View of Pendennis Castle from St Mawes
Turner 1811 View of Pendennis Castle from St MawesTurner 1811 View of Pendennis Castle from St Mawes
View from St Mawes Castle, 1875View from St Mawes Castle, 1875
View from St Mawes Castle, 1875View from St Mawes Castle, 1875
St Mawes Castle planSt Mawes Castle plan
St Mawes Castle planSt Mawes Castle plan
St. Mawes CastleSt. Mawes Castle
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflict1496Cornish Rebellion of 1497rebellionWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1707Battle at The LizardFrance, naval battle, Kingdom of Great BritainWikidata
    linkpageGrade II* listed building page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade II listed park and garden page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade II listed building page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade II listed building page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade I listed building page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade I listed building page@Wikidata
    linkpageGatehouse Gazetteer page@Wikidata
    linkpageCultural Inventory page@Wikidata
    linkpageBritish Listed Buildings page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade II listed park and garden page@Wikidata
    linkpageGrade II* listed building page@Wikidata
    linkpageHistoric England research records page@Wikidata
    linkpageMapping Museums page@Wikidata
    linkpageNational Heritage List for England page@Wikidata
    linkpageNational Heritage List for England page@Wikidata
    linkpageAkademi Kernewek's Place Names page@Wikidata
    linkpageCastlesFortsBattles page@Wikidata
    linkpageTripadvisor page@Wikidata
    objectwatercraftSM U-95U-boat, Type U 93 submarineWikidata
    objectwatercraftSM UB-106U-boat, Type UB III submarineWikidata
    objectwatercraftSM UB-112U-boat, Type UB III submarineWikidata
    objectwatercraftSM UB-128Type UB III submarine, U-boatWikidata
    objectwatercraftSM UB-86U-boat, Type UB III submarineWikidata
    objectwatercraftSM UB-97U-boat, Type UB III submarineWikidata
    objectwatercraftSM UC-92Type UC III submarine, watercraftWikidata
    objectwatercraft1942HNoMS EskdaledestroyerWikidata
    siteartillery batteryEarly 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castleartillery batteryWikidata
    siteartillery batteryPredannack Anti-Aircraft Batteryartillery battery, military museum, air defenseWikidata
    siteartillery battery1895St Anthony Batteryartillery batteryWikidata
    sitebunkerSt Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centrecivil defense center, Restormel Borough CouncilWikidata
    sitebunkerTruro Cornwall County Emergency CentreCornwall Council, civil defense centerWikidata
    sitebunkerTruro Royal Observer Corps Group HeadquartersRoyal Observer Corps, bunkerWikidata
    sitecastleCaerhays CastleEnglish country house, castleWikidata
    sitecastle1539St Mawes Castlefort, English Heritage, castleWikidata
    sitefort1540Pendennis Castleindependent museum, military museum, fort, English HeritageWikidata
    sitemuseumMilitary Vehicles Museummilitary museumWikidata
    siteshipwreckHMCS Trentonianshipwreck, Flower-class corvette, corvetteWikidata
    siteshipwreckHMS Royal Anne Galleyfifth-rate frigate, shipwreckWikidata
    siteshipwreckHMS Schiedamshipwreck, fluytWikidata
    commonsimageJoseph Mallord William Turner - St. Mawes, Cornwall - Google Art Project Commons
    commonsimageJoseph Mallord William Turner - St. Mawes, Cornwall - Google Art Project Commons
    commonsimageJohn Thomas Serres - St Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East - B1975.4.1604 - Yale Center for British Art Commons
    commonsimageTurner 1811 View of Pendennis Castle from St Mawes Commons
    commonsimageTurner 1811 View of Pendennis Castle from St Mawes Commons
    commonsimageView from St Mawes Castle, 1875 Commons
    commonsimageView from St Mawes Castle, 1875 Commons
    commonsimageSt Mawes Castle plan Commons
    commonsimageSt Mawes Castle plan Commons
    commonsimageSt. Mawes Castle Commons
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