Reconstruction illustration of the Henrician upper gun deck at Pendennis Castle, showing the interior of the deck as it may have appeared in the Tudor era. Gunners are preparing canon to be fired and longbow archers wait to the right.

Date:
circa 1995 - circa 2000
Location:
Pendennis Castle, Henrician Castle, Castle Drive, Falmouth, Cornwall
Reference:
IC077/004
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The upper gun deck is within the earliest part of the castle, the round artillery tower constructed between 1540 and 1545. Reconstruction illustration IC077/005 shows a very similar view of the gun deck; it is likely that IC077/005 is the later, favoured version of this scene.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC077 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Gun Port, Tudor Artillery Fort, Tudor Castle, Tudor Battery, Military