King Charles’s Castle
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “King Charles‘ Castle” and “King Charles‘ Castle mid-16th century artillery castle and Civil War earthen artillery defence on western Castle Down, Tresco”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cromwell’s Castle and Gweal.
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 560 feet southwest of King Charles’s Castle.
Gweal
Islet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gweal is one of the Isles of Scilly. It is the largest of the seven Norrard Rocks due west of Bryher. The name perhaps refers back to a time before most of the islands' area was inundated.
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.
King Charles’s Castle
- Categories: castle and historic site
- Location: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.96361° or 49° 57′ 49″ northLongitude
-6.34865° or 6° 20′ 55″ westOpen location code
8CXMXM72+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 232576566OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q6411315
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“King Charles’s Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “國王查理斯城堡”
- Dutch: “King Charles’s Castle”
- Turkish: “King Charles’s Kalesi”
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