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St Ives; The Island
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; The Castle
In the civil parish of St Ives.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).
Leland mentions blockhouse, on east side of peninsula, now vanished. Probably built in 1490, demolished around 1866. Saunders mentions an earthwork bulwark with granite revetment built across the neck of the Island in 1590's. This would seem to be a rebuilding of C15 blockhouse. Higham writes the defensive rampart across the neck was probably built before 1500 and considers this a town defence. However, as most of the town would not be within this rampart I think it was an outwork to the blockhouse, although clearly the town's people could have taken refuge behind such a rampart. Duffy writes there were two blockhouses.
This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SW521409
PastScape number;
425195
- Web site links
- Books
- Duffy, Michael, 1999, 'Coastal Defences and Garrisons 1480-1914' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p158-60
Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p136-43
Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p47 [slight]
Saunders, Andrew, 1997, Channel Defences (London; Batsford/English Heritage) p79, 81, 91, 117
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p77
- Journal Articles
- Kenyon, J.R., 1981 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales: a Preliminary Survey and Re-appraisal' Archaeological Journal Vol138 p219
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p70
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