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| HER Number: | MCO62324 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - C16 curtain |
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Summary
Curtain No. 1 lies between Smithwick's and Carrick Mount bastions. It is depicted by Norden in 1600 and 1610 as a simple parapet at the same height as the rest of the work with a continuous terreplain behind. Lilly's survey of 1715 suggests that the terreplain had been raised for the length of the curtain, probably to the height of the cavaliers in the bastions. Improvements to the land front during or just before the Civil War may account for this.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Curtain No. 1 lies between Smithwick's and Carrick Mount bastions. It is depicted by Norden in 1600 and 1610 as a simple parapet at the same height as the rest of the work with a continuous terreplain behind. Lilly's survey of 1715 suggests that the terreplain had been raised for the length of the curtain, probably to the height of the cavaliers in the bastions. Improvements to the land front during or just before the Civil War may account for this (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site E1 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1563.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO1563 - Cornwall Event Report: Linzey, R. 2000. Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000). site E1. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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