The Elizabethan expansion of Pendennis Castle in the 1590s was the largest addition to Cornish coastal defences since Henry VIII original Device Fort programme. The new curtain wall enclosing the Pendennis headland created a substantial fortified enclave capable of housing a large garrison and resisting a prolonged siege. The expanded Pendennis subsequently held out for five months against Parliament in 1646 — the longest siege of the Civil War.
None in construction phase
Substantial garrison; royal engineers constructing outer defences
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