The Geometry of St Mawes: Renaissance Bastion Systems and Coastal Intersecting Fields of Fire in Cornwall Perched at the southern tip of the Roseland Peninsula, St Mawes Castle commands the eastern approach to Carrick Roads with a geometric intelligence that sets it apart from every medieval fortification that preceded it. […]
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Artillery Platforms in the Estuary: The Stone Engineering and Siting of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall Pendennis Castle stands at the tip of Pendennis Point, Falmouth, where the Carrick Roads narrows before opening to the Atlantic. Built by Henry VIII around 1540 as the western anchor of a paired coastal battery, […]
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Defending the Solent: Earthworks, Concentric Bastions, and Castrametation at Corfe Castle and Hengistbury Head near Bournemouth The limestone and chalk ridge of Purbeck commands the maritime approaches between Christchurch Bay, Poole Harbour, and the western Solent. Three engineering traditions have worked this coastal geology into successive defensive systems: Iron Age […]
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