Location: Dartmouth Castle, Devon.
Photographer: Robert Hesketh
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Sea Coastal Dev/South Hams English Heritage
File Size: 29MB
Close up of the gun tower at Dartmouth Castle this innovative gun tower dates from around 1490 it accommodated four large guns called Great Murderers and twelve lighter Serpentynes giving the castle the capacity to sink large ships a chain boom was stretched from the base of the tower across to Kingswear Castle to prevent enemy ships sailing up the river Dart the gun platforms on either side of the tower were probably added between 1539 and 1544 in the background is the River Dart and the northern bank of the river with houses on the outskirts of Kingswear Dartmouth Castle is open to the public through English Heritage and is a Grade 1 listed building Dartmouth South Hams South West Devon South West England UK Dartmouth Castle Gun Tower; fort; artillery; fortification; defence; military architecture; stone; stone built; limestone; slate; sandstone; masonry; flag; flagpole; castellations; gunports; machicolations; put log holes; EH; history; heritage; historic building; historic; Tudor; 15th century; trees; autumn; sunshine; sunlight; sunny; blue sky; blue water; clouds; River; Dart; Estuary; ripples; waves; reflections; vacation; holiday; travel; tourism; tourist coastal; coast; portrait; upright; vertical; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; English; British; Britain; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom