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This attraction is part of England Heritage and therefore if you are a member, you can explore the castle for free! Admission charges for non-members, details on their website.
St Mawes Castle is among the best-preserved of Henry VIII’s coastal artillery fortresses, and the most elaborately decorated of them all. One of the chains of forts built between 1539 and 1545 to counter an invasion threat from Catholic France and Spain, it guarded the important anchorage of Carrick Roads, sharing the task with Pendennis Castle on the other side of the Fal estuary. It is still bedecked with carved Latin inscriptions in praise of King’s Henry VIII and his son Edward VI. Easily falling to a landward attack by Civil War Parliamentarian forces in 1646, it remained neglected until partial re-arming during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dogs welcome on leads.
Pendennis Castle which is visible across the estuary. It has an unusual clover shape and commands magnificent views of the Cornish coast and across to Falmouth. There is no cafe on site but the ticket shop does sell drinks and packet snacks.
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