Gun Hole
Gun Hole is in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, England. Gun Hole is situated nearby to the peak Gun Hill, as well as near the ruins King Charles’s Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King Charles’s Castle and Cromwell’s Castle.
King Charles’s Castle
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King Charles's Castle is a ruined artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. Built between 1548 and 1551 to protect the islands from French attack, it would have held a battery of guns and an accompanying garrison, designed to prevent enemy vessels from entering the harbour. King Charles’s Castle is situated 1,100 feet south of Gun Hole.
Cromwell’s Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the harbour. Cromwell’s Castle is situated 1,600 feet south of Gun Hole.
St Helen’s
Island
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piper’s Hole and Old Grimsby.
Piper’s Hole
Locality
Photo: Simon Leatherdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piper's Hole is a sea cave located on Tresco, an island of the Isles of Scilly. The name Piper's Hole can also refer to another, more minor, sea cave in the Isles of Scilly, located on Penninis Head, St Mary's.
Old Grimsby
Village
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the east side of the island and there is a quay.
New Grimsby
Village
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the west side of the island and there is a quay, as well as a public house, The New Inn, and a small art gallery.
Gun Hole
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.9666° or 49° 57′ 60″ northLongitude
-6.34968° or 6° 20′ 59″ westOpen location code
8CXMXM82+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4466306093OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Gun Hole” goes by many names.
- German: “Gun Hole”
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Highlights include Gun Hill and Tregarthen Hill.
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