King Charles's Castle, Tresco, Scilly
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10999614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiya Miles (corresponding author), T J Miles, A D Saunders |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-30 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Medieval Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0079-4236 • E-ISSN: 1745-8137 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/pma.1970.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2078356593 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
King Charles’s Castle, Tresco, was built between 1548 and 1554. At the time it was the principal fortress in the Isles of Scilly and was intended to guard the entrance to the sheltered harbour of New Grimsby. The defences of Scilly were neglected for much of Elizabeth’s reign and when they were refortified in the 1590S St. Mary’s received all the attention. King Charles’s Castle was brought back into use and its entrance protected by earthworks of irregular bastion trace during the Civil War. Thereafter it fell into ruin.Removal of fallen debris and trial excavation in 1954 produced two distinct groups of 16th- and early 17th-century pottery as well as maiolica wall tiles of Spanish origin and a few exotic ceramic imports
Ancient history · Archaeology · Cartography · Excavation · Fell · Fortress (chess · Geography · Harbour · Pottery · Reign · Stockpile · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1976 - 2016 (41) |
| Highly cited | No |