PENDENNIS, (Cornwall) at the mouth of Falmouth-haven, is a peninsula of 1 m. 1-half in compass, on which Henry VIII.
erected a castle, opposite to that of St. Maws, which he also built. It was fortified by Q. Eliz. and served then for the
governor's bode. It is one of the largest castles in the Km. and is built on a high rock. It held out for K. Charles I. in
the civil wars, till the garrison was almost destroyed, and then was forced to surrender to the Pt. forces under Col.
Fortescue. This is stronger by land than St. Maws' being regularly fortified, and having good outworks.