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| Name: | King Charles's Castle (Tresco) |
| Hill number: | 17889 |
| Height: | 43m / 141ft |
| Parent (Ma): | none |
| RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
| County/UA: | Isles of Scilly |
| Island: | Mono Tump island |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m), SIB (Tu,0,SIB) |
| Grid ref: | SV 88243 16121 |
| Summit feature: | ground inside castle walls |
| Drop: | 43m |
| Col: | Sea |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 203 (1:25k) 101 |
| Observations: | Tregarthen Hill at SV 88622 16335 is 0.6m lower but might be the highest natural ground. Ground at base of stone enclosure at SV 88787 15768 is 1.0m lower. |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 61 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Landed at Carn Near, up East of Island, visited all three contenders, then off to the pub! | tim747 | 01/07/2023 |
| Exploration of delightful Tresco. Also visited memorial which may be a TuMP | Thearlaichdubh | 07/07/2022 |
| From New grimsby, visited the three contenders, 44m, 42m & 43m. Then for a pint back at New Grimsby. With P & GM & MR. | CJM | 07/07/2022 |
| All three contenders, just in case. Beacon Hill looked higher. | Martin R | 07/07/2022 |
| With Mrs M and CM. However, Tregarthen Hill to the east appeared higher on my readings. Also visited Spotheight 44m to the SE. | bolton | 07/07/2022 |
| With Martin R and three others, bagging all likely contenders on the way to the specified high point. My 160th Sib. | NormanW | 07/07/2022 |
| All three contenders visited. With Norman, Kate, Charlie and Martin. | richtea5040 | 07/07/2022 |
| All candidates visited. | Adrian | 07/07/2022 |
| Return visit from Carn Near after visiting Samson. | Minto | 06/07/2022 |
| A solo day on Tresco. Olivers Battery (8m), Abbey Hill (34m), Vane Hill (37m), Castle Down (44m), Tregarthen Hill (42m), Gun Hill (32m), King Charles Castle (43m) & Cromwells Tower. Had an expensive lunch with Alan & George at the pub! | Dangerous Dave | 06/07/2022 |
| With Heather. | Jon F | 05/07/2022 |
| With Simon F and The Bear. Visited other candidates too. | Minto | 04/07/2022 |
| Up from lower castle. | cjo | 04/07/2022 |
| With Sam and Bev. Surprising area of moorland | simon and co | 16/06/2022 |
| Also visited Tregarthen Hill and Cromwell's Castle. | malcorbett | 03/05/2022 |
| Along the coastal path from New Grimsby then up the obvious path. | clivevilla | 30/07/2021 |
| High point when exploring north Tresco | Arbie | 22/06/2021 |
| Good network of paths on Castle Downs. Detour from main route leading to the castle which is 1 metre lower | Buteobuteo | 24/08/2018 |
| With David, SA and Katie | kindpercy | 14/04/2018 |
| Up from New Grimsby, in drizzle. Still good views. Onto Kings Charles Castle which is lower. With D&C. | PeterD | 29/06/2017 |
| Pleased to note I'm not the only one to have had problems with Tresco. A return visit having visited every high point except the highest yesterday! A joy to return to. Hot sunshine, wind freshening and now from the E. | RichardM | 18/07/2016 |
| Visited N summit, King Charles castle and various sundry high points but apparently not the actual HP. I probably visited the actual summit last time I came to Tresco, but will need to repeat on my return some day to be sure ! | Denise | 17/07/2016 |
| Revisited in passing as had missed the N summit yday: outcrop. Also revisited NW summit: outcrop NW side of Castle ruin. Also the S lookout summit. All three look very similar. Another attempt to find the OS trig bolt just NW of S summit, still no luck. | RHW | 04/07/2016 |
| Revisited in passing after Round Island and St Helens as had missed the N summit yesterday: outcrop. Also revisited NW summit: outcrop NW side of Castle ruin. Also the S lookout summit. All three look very similar. Another attempt to find the OS trig bolt just NW of S summit, still no luck. | Dugswell2 | 04/07/2016 |
| Bagged the lookout, failed to find the os bolt nearby, visited the Castle to nnw for the benchmark, which couldn't find | RHW | 03/07/2016 |
| Bagged the current high point but failed to find the OS bolt nearby also visited King Charles Castle and nearby hillside looking for bench marks as far north as Gun Hill. | Dugswell2 | 03/07/2016 |
| With Rob and Doug but was in the backpack so no view | Adrian\'s jacket | 03/07/2016 |
| Crow Point to New Grimsby via most of the island - occasionally with SG. | Smudge | 03/07/2016 |
| End of a fine walk around Tresco. Lovely island, don't miss the garden! | nordicstar | 02/07/2016 |
| Nice day, explored the island and gardens prior to bagging the high point with Sarah and Seumas. Seumas was asleep in the baby carrier at the summit. | assynt_bob | 02/07/2016 |
| Pleasant walk around Tresco saw us up here looking for a trig bolt - not to be found today. ***Note added 7 Oct 2020. Visited relocated summit on2014 visit to Tresco. ***Re-visited 7 Jul 2022, with Adrian. | jonglew | 15/09/2014 |
| On path/track. Pleasant stroll. | destaylor | 25/05/2014 |
| On day trip to Tresco to visit the chambered cairns on Castle Down and Tresco Abbey Gardens. | thesweetcheat | 16/06/2010 |
| Approximate date, with the family | Richard Lawrenc | 04/08/1984 |
| Two shillings to land on Tresco. | arranc | 14/07/1967 |
| Jill Robertson | 01/07/2023 | |
| interloper | 12/07/2022 | |
| Fletch | 12/07/2022 | |
| chrisbien | 04/07/2022 | |
| AndyS | 07/09/2021 | |
| sglennon | 26/09/2019 | |
| mazz | 30/08/2019 | |
| jenx | 23/05/2018 | |
| PGCE | 22/04/2017 | |
| GordonAdshead | 22/04/2017 | |
| Tony S | 05/04/2017 | |
| Lorna S | 05/04/2017 | |
| Alex C | 07/07/2016 | |
| SteveG | 03/07/2016 | |
| Sherlock | 03/07/2016 |