Cromwell's Castle
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Cromwell's Castle is on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly (grid reference SV882159).
It is a coastal fort built by Oliver Cromwell around 1650 and consists of a stone circular artillery tower, with a low 18th century gun platform having its own access and guard room. It is built on a promontory to guard the anchorage between Bryher and Tresco.
It is administered by English Heritage.
[edit] References
- Cromwell's Castle
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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