View out to sea from one of the gunports in King Charles's Castle, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK
The fort was intended to protect the narrow strait leading past New Grimsby harbour and on towards St Mary’s, but proved to be badly sited to withstand attack or to fire on ships in the channel below. Its guns would have to point down at so steep an angle to hit ships in New Grimsby Channel that the cannonballs would have rolled out of the cannons before they fired!
Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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