The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
The Organisation for those who love Cornwall.
"Cuntelleugh an brewyon us gesys na vo kellys travyth"
(Gather up the fragments that are left that nothing be lost.)
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The comprehensive gazetteer of the medieval fortifications and castles of CornwallPenryn Harbour Chain
In the
civil parish of Penryn. Leland writes "The first creek on the north-west side of Falmouth Houbour leads to Penryn, where it divides into two. The smaller leads to Glassiney College, a kind of green nest or quagmire at Penryn, and the other to the parish church of Penryn, St Gluvias. One arm breaks out of Penryn Creek on each side before it reaches the town. Just below the place where the creek divides into two there are stakes and stone foundations set in the water, with a chain across a gap in the middle."This site has been described as a Chain Tower. A form of
harbour defence where a chain is extended across the entry into a
harbour to prevent access by enemy vessels. The mechanism housing the
chain and allowing it to be raised and lowered was housed in a
defensive tower, often an artillery fort in it's own right. The
confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible. Nothing visible remains. The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SW7834
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