What's In The Hat?

The questions were devised by young volunteers to encourage thought about Pendennis Castle, history & heritage.

What do you think ......?


What does being Cornish mean to you?

What do you think of when you hear ‘Pendennis Castle’?

What do you associate with castles? 

Tell us about a time you’ve seen a castle

Describe your perfect ship voyage

Would you be a pirate or a knight – why?

What sort of role do you think Cornwall or Pendennis Castle played in defending Great Britain in World War 2 ? 

How would you imagine life as a soldier at a fort? 

What does heritage / history mean to you?

If you could travel the world, where would you go – why?

What other historical places have you been to in Cornwall? What did you like?

Pendennis Castle dates from 1500… when would you have liked to live there – why?

If you were preserving something from now for people to look at in hundreds of years time, what would you preserve - who for?

Have you ever been rationed? If not, what do you     think it would be like?

Choose 2 objects and make a story about them and you and a castle

What would you use to invade a castle?

What would you do if you found yourself in Tudor times?

Would you be a semaphore signaler or a gunner – why?

Would you be a tour guide or a café staff – why?

If you were under siege & could only send a text to one person – what

would it be?

Welcome to the Pendennis Portraits Blog...

This is the place to find out and share ideas, pictures and plans for Pendennis Portraits!

We want to fill Pendennis Castle with portraits of local young people (and maybe a few very young/older ones too!) for the Heritage Open Day on Sunday 13th September.

On that day it's free to go into the Castle, so local young people can come up and see their photo displayed as part of an exciting trail of images and stories around the Castle and its grounds.

Over the summer there will be lots of opportunities for people to make unusual Pendennis Portraits in and around Falmouth.

We'll put dates of Portrait events up as they're arranged...

To get things going here are some photos from yesterday's planning sessions with volunteers from V Cornwall, trying out the 'recipe' for Pendennis Portraits.