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    NIce pics Rob. Mawes is a lovely little fort, Pendenis is fantastic, especially the battery and map room right on the headland bit overlooking the entrance. Would not like to sail in there.
    Visited both when we were in Cornwall a few years back, also Carrick Roads, that is one wide and deep waterway and it goes far inland. We got the ferry over at King Harry and up river there were some big ships anchored.

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    Cheers Neil.
    Our re-enactment group has actually sieged and taken Pendenis on two occasions. The first of which was my first ever command of the Musket block skirmishers. The Brigade Commander simply said rush the Gatehouse, and deploy in skirmish order on the grass inside the castle.
    I led the Forlorn Hope, rushed the gatehouse, and deployed a skirmish line as asked only to find that my sixteen survivors were facing the entire Royalist Army drawn up about twenty yards away.
    Thanks chief!

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    Nice Pictures, Rob.

    Scenic forts at a famous coast.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
    ..., and deployed a skirmish line as asked only to find that my sixteen survivors were facing the entire Royalist Army drawn up about twenty yards away.
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    Hope they gave you a second to strike the colours.

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    It was O.K. We gave them one volley, and then retreated in good order. (ran away)
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    Good info, Rob; it occurs to me that we should start a project trying to catalog extant-in-Napoleonic-era coast defenses worldwide and options to model them; could be a useful resource for supporting large "World at War, ~1760-1815" campaigns.
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    That is a great idea DB. I am sure that Julian can give us a good starting point with all his research on fortifications. The main problem I have encountered is a lack of detailed information about what additions are post 1815. Some early Victorian stuff added on can be quite misleading.
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    You could start here for the US? There also appears to be a Facebook page?

    http://www.northamericanforts.com/

    American Forts Network.

    https://www.facebook.com/American.Forts.Network/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nightmoss View Post
    You could start here for the US? There also appears to be a Facebook page?

    http://www.northamericanforts.com/

    American Forts Network.

    https://www.facebook.com/American.Forts.Network/
    Thanks for the lead Jim.
    I will get onto sorting them by date, unless yourself with finder's rights want to do it.
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    Worth a look for the UK

    http://www.ecastles.co.uk

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
    Thanks for the lead Jim.
    I will get onto sorting them by date, unless yourself with finder's rights want to do it.
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    Go for it, Rob.

    If I find any other links I'll be sure to post/share.
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    Right Jim.
    I think I will open a dedicated dispatch for it and see how we go.
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    Thanks Dave.
    I have moved the pictures to a new Dispatch in the Historical Forum.
    Your link looks very interesting and deserves an area all to itself.
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    If anyone else comes up with information, please post its address here and I will dredge out the useful information and add it to the Sticky in the Historical Dispatches.
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    List of forts on Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forts

    Spanish Forts in the US

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego..._United_States

    Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortif...lo-San_Lorenzo

    British Forts of Bermuda

    http://bermuda-online.org/forts.htm

    Fort Charles Jamaica

    http://www.jnht.com/site_fort_charles.php

    All Forts of Jamaica

    http://www.jnht.com/showcase_forts.php
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