Location: Dartmouth, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Dev/South Hams
File Size: 29MB
Close up of an 18th century cast iron canon mounted on a wheeled wooden gun carriage on the south gun platform of Dartmouth Castle the barrel of the gun is angled downwards by a wooden wedge on the gun carriage to fire on targets on the water it thrusts through the embrasure in the parapet wall through which Kingswear Castle can be seen across the Dart Estuary Dartmouth Castle Dartmouth South Hams South West Devon South West England UK closeup; close up; weapon; artillery; gun; wheels; cast iron; barrel; military; defence; parapet; embrasure; crenellated; crenellation; wall; stone; slate; sandstone; masonry; paving; river; Dart; estuary; bank; woods; trees; naval; defence; fort; fortification; warfare; Medieval; Middle Ages; history; historical; heritage; EH; English Heritage; Grade 1 listed building; historic; scheduled ancient monument; sunshine; sunlight; sunny; shadows; blue water; ripples; portrait; upright; vertical; coast; coastal; coastline; seaside; holiday; vacation; travel; tourism; tourist attraction; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom