Pendennis Castle Cornwall antique print

Antique print of Pendennis Castle an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King’s Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. Antique copper-plate engraving dated in the plate Nov 10th 1786. Size of engraved area approx 5x6ins. .