Close-up of the Portcullis at Pendennid Castle

English Heritage
United Kingdom

Pendennis Castle dominates a rocky headland high above Falmouth in Cornwall. It is one of England’s finest surviving coastal fortresses, one of a handful of distinctive circular artillery forts built during a period of national emergency in the 1540s.

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Title: Close-up of the Portcullis at Pendennid Castle
Location: Pendennis Castle
Type: Site
Original Source: PENDENNIS CASTLE
Rights: English Heritage
Photographer: Roger Harris

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