St Mawes
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St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the ea
View of St Mawes
St Mawes at the Pilchard Season by J.M.W. Turner, 1812
St Mawes harbour
The church of St Mawes
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
St Mawes
…it has, however a good pier, which was erected in 1854; and a sea-wall, with a parapet was built not long ago, along the centre front of the town. St Mawes Castle is a well-preserved coastal fortress from the time of Henry VIII, built to counter the invasion threat from the Continent. Charles Henderson, writing…
The Henrician castle, seen from the landward side
Replica 16th-century iron breech loader, in the Henrician central tower
The view across Carrick Roads from St Mawes in 1875, showing Pendennis Castle in the distance
St Mawes seen from the sea, showing the Henrician castle (top), the Grand Sea Battery and magazine, and the 16th-century blockhouse (bottom)