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This photo was taken through the window of Polruan Castle, which is a blockhouse whose remains are publicly accessible. The view over the river is of the town of Fowey.

"Polruan Castle" is the local name for the eastern blockhouse built in 1380, which overlooks the mouth of the River Fowey. Together with its pair on the west bank, it comprised part of the defences of Fowey against attacks by the French, and later Spanish and Dutch. Its walls are 6 feet thick, and a huge chain could be stretched across the river between the two blockhouses to prevent access by marauding vessels.

In the view are the tower of St. Fimbarrus Church (second tallest tower in Cornwall) which dates from 1460 (on the site of an earlier Norman church) and, to its left, the castellated tower of Place, also called Place House. Place has been the home of the Treffry family since the 13th century, though what now exists is the remains of a 16th century rebuild.