Title

Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, c1980-c2017

Caption

Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Cornwall. General view. Pendennis Castle was begun in 1540 as part of Henry VIII's defence of the south coast. The original castle consisted of the keep, seen here, which provided a series of gun platforms to protect Falmouth harbour and lodging for the governor. A large enclosing fortress was added in Elizabeth I's reign.

Date

1980

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B40_214

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (1,4Mb) / 14,2in x 9,4in / 4256 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors coast building buildings England fort country British geography English castle color colour defence cliff cliffs Cornwall fortification location century Britain clifftop outside Tudor falmouth 16th century sixteenth century English Heritage Cornish Device Forts geographical feature Pendennis Castle TGN photograph Historic England Staff Photographer photograph