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Monument Number 429505

Hob Uid: 429505
Location :
Cornwall
St. Merryn
Grid Ref : SW8540073500
Summary : Earthwork remains of an Iron Age cliff castle or multivallate hillfort.
More information : (SW 854735) Camp (NR). (1)

A cliff castle comprising three well defined, well spaced
ditches. Two of these ditches are rock-cut and only the
middle one has an accompanying bank. The inner ditch as a
centrally placed causeway, and the two outer ditches have
staggered entrances to the south of the inner causeway.

Survyed at 1:2500. (2)

This defended settlement is as surveyed in 1969. A depression
behind the sole rampart has the appearance of at least two hut
sites, no individually portrayable at 1/2500. The inner ditch
is well cut with a straightness that does not occur in the
ditches to the E., and may not be a contemporary work, though
presumably within the period. (3)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : F1 MJF 29-DEC-69
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Source details : F2 NVQ 20-MAR-75
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Multivallate Hillfort, Cliff Castle
Evidence : Earthwork

Components and Objects:
Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CO 844
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 87 SE 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-12-29
End Date : 1969-12-29
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-03-20
End Date : 1975-03-20