Cromwell's Castle
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cromwell-s-castle-283-16828079
title:
Cromwell's Castle
text:
Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the harbour. The castle was built in two phases; Sir Robert Blake constructed the tower between 1651 and 1652 in the aftermath of the Parliamentary invasion of the islands at the end of the English Civil War, and Master Gunner Abraham Tovey added t
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description:
Castle in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, UK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwell%27s_Castle
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2022-04-11T09:43:20Z
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