Launceston Castle's in Cornwall keep is set on the high motte of a stronghold built soon after the Norman Conquest. Its North gate was famously used as a gaol for George Fox during the reign of Charles II. As the venue for the county assizes and gaol...
With its spectacular location on one of England's most dramatic coastlines, Tintagel is an awe-inspiring and romantic spot, a place of legends. Joined to the mainland by a narrow neck of land, Tintagel Island faces the full force of the Atlantic. On ...
Restormel Castle in Lostwithiel, Cornwall was built in c. 1300, the great circular shell-keep of Restormel survives in good condition. It stands on an earlier Norman mound surrounded by a deep dry ditch, atop a high spur beside the River Fowey. Twice...
St Catherine's Castle in Fowey, Cornwall is one of a pair of small artillery forts built by Henry VIII in the 1530s to defend Fowey Harbour, consisting of two storeys with gun ports at ground level....
St Mawes Castle in Truro, Cornwall is among the best-preserved of Henry VIII's coastal artillery fortresses, and the most elaborately decorated of them all.One of the chain of forts built between 1539 and 1545 to counter an invasion threat from Catho...
At Pendennis Castle in Falmouth Cornwall you can discover the wartime secrets of Cornwall's greatest fortress. Pendennis Castle was built by King Henry VIII to defend against possible attack by Spain and France. Throughout its 450-year history, Pende...
A beautiful castle set in acres of landscape gardens ans natural woodland....
Boscastle in Cornwall is a picturesque harbour and village on the north Cornish coast. Much of the land in and around Boscastle is owned by the Trust, including the cliffs of Penally Point and Willapark which guard the sinuous harbour entrance, Forra...
Castle an Dinas is one of the biggest and most outstanding hillforts in Cornwall, set in an imposing position on the summit of Castle Downs with vast panoramic views across central Cornwall....
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