Castles · South West England
St Catherine's Castle
In or near Fowey.
St Catherine's Castle — castle in Fowey, Cornwall, England, UK.
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About
St Catherine's Castle is a castle in south west. Established 1538. (Castle in Cornwall, England.) Wikipedia notes: "St Catherine's Castle is a Henrician castle in Cornwall, England, built by Thomas Treffry between approximately 1538 and 1540, in response to fears of an invasion of England by France and the Holy Roman Empire. The D-shaped, stone fortification, equipped with five gun-ports for cannon, overlooked the mouth of the River Fowey in Cornwall.". Coordinates 50.3282°, -4.6445°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 50.3282, -4.6445
- Established
- 1538
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1377108 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Catherine's Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Catherine's Castle and Polruan.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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