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HER Number:26744
Name:ST CATHERINES CASTLE - Post Medieval curtain wall, Post Medieval blockhouse

Summary

St Catherines Castle - a small harbour defence castle built as part of Henry VIII's south coast fortifications in 1539.

Grid Reference:SX 1187 5094
Parish:Fowey, Restormel, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II*) 70711: ST CATHERINE'S CASTLE
  • Conservation Area: FOWEY
  • Scheduled Monument 15408: ST CATHERINE'S CASTLE 16TH CENTURY BLOCKHOUSE, 19TH CENTURY GUN BATTERY AND 20TH CENTURY GUN EMPLACEMENT AT ST CATHERINE'S POINT

Other References/Statuses

  • National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 1079.35
  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX15SW 10
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 26744
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX15SW 11

Monument Type(s):

Full description

The remains of St Catherines Castle is marked in antiquity script on current OS maps (b4). It is a small harbour defence castle built as part of Henry VIII's south coast fortifications in 1539. It was restored in 1885. The castle is a Grade II listed building as well as a Scheduled monument (b3). A site visit by the OS revealed that the remains consist of a D-shaped blockhouse, containing an original doorway, surrounded by a curtain wall (h 1). The castle was recorded during the Cornwall NMP and is visible on aerial photographs (p1). The 19th century gun battery immediately to the south of the curtain wall and block house are recorded in SMR record 57683.

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Site history:
1: 1969. OS
2: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
3: 1985. SHEPPARD, PA / HBMC
4: 1988. LUXULYAN VALLEY PROJECT
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Gossip, J, 2013, Unlocking Our Coastal Heritage Project: St Catherine's Point and Covington Wood, Fowey, Cornwall: Archaeological Survey and Interpretation (Cornwall Event Report). SCO26019.

<1> Brown, H, 1936, The English Castle, 110 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2918.

NMR, 1966, MAL/4866 184-5 (Photographic Record). SCO14562.

<2> Pevsner, N, 1951, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 57 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4126.

<3> DOE, Listed Building Description (original DOE), MARCH 1974, 15 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5173.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<5> Sheppard, PA, 1980, The Historic Towns of Cornwall, 12211 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4422.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO26019 - Cornwall Event Report: Gossip, J. 2013. Unlocking Our Coastal Heritage Project: St Catherine's Point and Covington Wood, Fowey, Cornwall: Archaeological Survey and Interpretation.
[p1]SCO14562 - Photographic Record: NMR. 1966. MAL/4866 184-5. ABP.
[1]SCO2918 - Bibliographic reference: Brown, H. 1936. The English Castle. 110.
[2]SCO4126 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1951. The Buildings of England: Cornwall. 57.
[3]SCO5173 - Bibliographic reference: DOE. Listed Building Description (original DOE). Listing "Greenbacks". MARCH 1974, 15.
[4]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[5]SCO4422 - Cornwall Event Report: Sheppard, PA. 1980. The Historic Towns of Cornwall. 12211.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO175 - St. Catherine's Castle Fowey
  • ECO4123 - St Catherine's Point and Covington Wood, Fowey (Ref: 2012036)

Related records: none recorded

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