BattlefieldsSt Michaels Mount Siege Operations 1646
English Civil War

St Michaels Mount Siege Operations 1646

1646
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary naval and land blockade
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrenders; Cornwall fully under Parliament control
The Battle

History & Significance

After Pendennis fell, the small Royalist garrison at St Michaels Mount was blockaded by Parliamentary forces; the island fortress was the last Royalist position in Cornwall to surrender, finally yielding in 1646 and completing the Parliament conquest of the county.

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