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Pendennis Castle

endennis Castle was built in around 1540 by Henry VIII at the entrance to the River Fal at Falmouth. This area known as Carrick Roads is a natural deep water harbour. On the other side of the river's mouth a second castle was built called St. Mawes. Pendennis is built high above the river and is circular in shape with many openings for guns. A low curtain wall surrounds the tower.

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Year	Month	Details
1540		Construction of Pendennis and St. Mawes Castles
		Henry VIII had a pair of castles built at the mouth of the River Fal near Falmouth in Cornwall. The River mouth is a natural deep water harbour and needed protecting from invasion.¹

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emains of a large Norman castle with round keep. Located in south Wales a few miles north of Oxwich. Originally of wooden construction the castle was rebuilt in stone during the thirteenth century.

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