King Charles's Castle
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King Charles's Castle is near the northern extremity of the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly (grid reference SV882161).
It is a coastal artillery fort built 1550-1554 during the reign of Edward VI. It was a semi-hexagonal structure to provide a wide field of fire and two-storeyed to give at least two tiers of guns. The domestic quarters for the garrison were at the rear. During the Civil War low earthwork defences were thrown up beyond the castle to protect it from landward attack.
After the war it was replaced by Cromwell's Castle. It is now in ruins and the site is administered by English Heritage.
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- King Charles's Castle
- English Heritage
- Photographs
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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