Siege of St Mawes Castle

The Holy well of St Mawes is an ancient monument located near St Mawes in Cornwall, England, comprising a natural spring traditionally associated with the early Christian saint after whom the settlement is named. The well represents a form of sacred landscape feature common to medieval Cornwall,…

St Mawes Castle is a coastal artillery fortress built in the mid-sixteenth century on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall, constructed between 1540 and 1543 under the direction of Henry VIII's military engineers. The castle exemplifies the trace italienne style of fortification, featuring a distin…

Pendennis Peninsula fortifications is a complex of military defensive structures located near Falmouth in Cornwall. The fortifications date primarily from the Tudor period, with Pendennis Castle itself constructed under Henry VIII in the 1540s as part of an extensive chain of coastal defences bui…

Wayside cross in St Gerran's churchyard is a medieval stone cross of likely 14th or 15th century date, representing the substantial class of wayside and churchyard crosses characteristic of medieval Cornwall. The monument survives as a shaft cross, a form common to the region, though like many su…

St Mylor churchyard cross is a medieval stone cross located in the churchyard of St Mylor Church near Falmouth in Cornwall. The cross survives as a substantial example of a Cornish churchyard cross, a monument type that typically dates from the medieval period, though many were subject to later r…

The wayside cross in the grounds of Enys is a medieval monument located in Cornwall. The cross represents a common form of religious and waymarking provision in the medieval landscape, serving functions both devotional and practical in directing travellers. Like many Cornish crosses of this perio…