Things to Do
| St Mawes Castle - Forward gun room |
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St Mawes, TR2 5DE 01326 270526 Adult: £3.90 Children: £2.00 Concession: £2.90 The main offensive armament of the castle was located here, in the forward gun room and on the forward gun platform above it. The five alcoves, known as 'casemates' have smoke vents which you can see if you look just below the top of the arches nearest you. Most of the guns in this room are ship's cannon from about 1800, but the long canon on the red carriage that you are standing right next to is a bronze saker cast by the famous Venetian gunmaster Alberghetti around 1560. Castle records show that St Mawes had three of these bronze sakers. |
St Mawes Castle - tour
The Castles at St Mawes and Pendennis were built during the reign of King Henry the Eighth.
St Mawes Castle - Parapet view
Originally, the castle roof was used as another gun platform. The turret would have been used as a look-out.
St Mawes Castle - Upper gun room
The upper gun room at St Mawes was designed to defend the castle against infantry attack.
St Mawes Castle -Tudor Fortress
St Mawes Castle was built by Henry the Eighth as part of a chain of defensive fortresses to protect the South Coast.
