St Catherine's Castle

castle in Fowey, Cornwall, England, UK. 
19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point, St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse

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Website, Wikimedia, Wikidata
1538 castle, fort, English Heritage, Device Forts, United Kingdom, 

• British Listed Buildings entry^@
• Gatehouse Gazetteer entry^@
• Historic England scheduled monument^@
• Historic England Grade II* listed building^@
• Historic England entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Akademi Kernewek's Place Names article^@
• Sketchfab St. Catherine's Castle, Cornwall^@
• Tripadvisor page^@
  

Location: 50.328, -4.644, KML, Maps

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Device Forts – English Heritage – Gatehouse Gazetteer – Historic England – United Kingdom – 

Frameless

1786 engraving of St Catherine's Castle

1786 engraving of St Catherine's Castle

An old pillbox near St. Catherine's Castle, Fowey

Fowey Western Seaward Entrance

Fowey river mouth from St Catherines Castle

Fowey: Readymoney Bay and St. Catherineâ s Castle

Fowey: St. Catherineâ s Castle

Fowey: near St Catherine Castle

Francis Grose - St Catherine's Castle at Fowey, Cornwall - B1993.30.65 - Yale Center for British Art

Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9710)

Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9711)

Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9713)

Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9714)

Gun emplacement at St Catherine's Castle

Gun platforms, St Catherine's Castle, Fowey

Henry Scott Tuke - A three-master lying off St. Catherine's Castle, Fowey

Stcatherinescastle

St Catherines Castle

St Catherine's Castle and Polruan

St Catherine's Castle point

St Catherine's Castle (9706)

St Catherine's Castle (9707)

St Catherine's Castle (9712)

St Catherine's Castle (9715)

St Catherine's Castle (9716)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		British Listed Buildings entry@			Wikidata
link		Gatehouse Gazetteer entry@			Wikidata
link		Historic England scheduled monument@			Wikidata
link		Historic England Grade II* listed building@			Wikidata
link		Historic England entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Akademi Kernewek's Place Names article@			Wikidata
link		Sketchfab St. Catherine's Castle, Cornwall@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
base		HMS Raleigh	Royal Navy, naval shore establishment		Wikidata
base		HMS Vulture II	air base		Wikidata
base		RAF Davidstow Moor	Royal Air Force, air base, Royal Air Force station, military museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
base		RAF St Eval	Royal Air Force, air base, Royal Air Force station		Wikidata
base		RAF St Mawgan	Royal Air Force, air base, Royal Air Force station, No. 22 Group RAF		Wikidata
base		RNAS St Merryn	Fleet Air Arm, Royal Naval Air Service station		Wikidata
base		Victoria Barracks, Bodmin	barracks		Wikidata
bunker		Bodmin District Council Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		St Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Truro Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	bunker		Wikidata
castle		Caerhays Castle	castle, English country house, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Launceston Castle	castle, English Heritage, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Restormel Castle	castle, English Heritage, local authority museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Tintagel Castle	castle, ruins, English Heritage, local authority museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Early 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castle	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Padstow Coastal Gun Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Par Coastal Gun Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Polhawn Fort	fort		Wikidata
fort		Promontory fort, medieval chapel of St Michael's and Second World War radar station at Rame Head	fort		Wikidata
fort		Scraesdon Fort	fort		Wikidata
fort		St Anthony Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		St Mawes Castle	castle, fort, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		The Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Tregantle Fort	fort		Wikidata
fort		Whitesand Bay Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
image	1786	1786 engraving of St Catherine's Castle			Wikimedia
image	1786	1786 engraving of St Catherine's Castle			Wikimedia
image	2015	An old pillbox near St. Catherine's Castle, Fowey			Wikimedia
image	2004	Fowey Western Seaward Entrance			Wikimedia
image	2004	Fowey river mouth from St Catherines Castle			Wikimedia
image	2005	Fowey: Readymoney Bay and St. Catherineâ s Castle			Wikimedia
image	2005	Fowey: St. Catherineâ s Castle			Wikimedia
image	2009	Fowey: near St Catherine Castle			Wikimedia
image		Francis Grose - St Catherine's Castle at Fowey, Cornwall - B1993.30.65 - Yale Center for British Art			Wikimedia
image	2011	Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9710)			Wikimedia
image	2011	Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9711)			Wikimedia
image	2011	Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9713)			Wikimedia
image	2011	Gun emplacements at St Catherine's Castle (9714)			Wikimedia
image	2012	Gun emplacement at St Catherine's Castle			Wikimedia
image	2006	Gun platforms, St Catherine's Castle, Fowey			Wikimedia
image		Henry Scott Tuke - A three-master lying off St. Catherine's Castle, Fowey			Wikimedia
image	2008	Stcatherinescastle			Wikimedia
image	2009	St Catherines Castle			Wikimedia
image	2012	St Catherine's Castle and Polruan			Wikimedia
image	2006	St Catherine's Castle point			Wikimedia
image	2011	St Catherine's Castle (9706)			Wikimedia
image	2011	St Catherine's Castle (9707)			Wikimedia
image	2011	St Catherine's Castle (9712)			Wikimedia
image	2011	St Catherine's Castle (9715)			Wikimedia
image	2011	St Catherine's Castle (9716)			Wikimedia

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