King Charles's Castle, Isles of Scilly

King Charles's Castle is a coastal artillery fort near the northern extremity of the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.

Although taking its name from its occupation by Royalist forces in 1651, this small artillery fort was probably built 100 years earlier, during the reign of King Edward VI (1547–53).

It was a semi-hexagonal structure to provide a wide field of fire and two-storeyed to give at least two tiers of guns. The domestic quarters for the garrison were at the rear.

During the Civil War low earthwork defences were thrown up beyond the castle to protect it from landward attack. After the war The castle seems to have been partially dismantled to provide stone for Cromwell's Castle which was built on nearby lower ground.

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