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St Mawes Castle

St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near , , 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 waterway at the mouth of the .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Cornwall built in the 16th century
  • Also known as: “St. Mawes Castle”
  • Address: Castle Drive, St Mawes, TR2 5DE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mawes’ Church, St Mawes and Pendennis Castle.

Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mawes’ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in , , England, UK. is situated 1,700 feet northeast of St Mawes Castle.

Castle
Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.
is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near , England 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 waterway at the mouth of the . is situated 1¼ miles southwest of St Mawes Castle.

Lighthouse
Photo: Pline, Public domain.
St Anthony's Lighthouse is the lighthouse at , on the eastern side of the entrance to , , UK. The harbour is also known as and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world. is situated 1 mile south of St Mawes Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Mawes and Bohortha.

Village
Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of harbour, on the south coast of , England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the , a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise.

Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal village in south , England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the east side of the Roseland Peninsula two miles south of .

Hamlet
Photo: ROWLAND TURNER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in Roseland, , England. is on the east bank of the River and south-west of .

St Mawes Castle

Latitude
50.15544° or 50° 9′ 20″ north
Longitude
-5.02391° or 5° 1′ 26″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C2P5X4G+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 169563667
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6285806
Wiki­data ID
Q3662856
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“St Mawes Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “St Mawes Castle”
  • Chinese: “聖馬維城堡”
  • Cornish: “Kastel Lannvowsedh”
  • Danish: “St Mawes Castle”
  • Dutch: “St Mawes Castle”
  • German: “St Mawes Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Saint Mawes”
  • Italian: “Castello di Saint Mawes”
  • Italian: “Castello di St Mawes”
  • Italian: “St Mawes Castle”
  • Japanese: “セント・モーズ城”
  • Malay: “Istana kota St Mawes”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de St Mawes”
  • Swedish: “St Mawes Castle”
  • Welsh: “Kastel Lannvowsedh”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Mawes Castle”. Photo: Cbichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0.