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Castle Canyke
Hob Uid: 431339
Location : Cornwall Bodmin
Grid Ref : SX0857065820
Summary : Iron Age defended settlement surviving as an earthwork.
More information : (Centred SX 08576582) Castle Canyke (NR) (1) Castle Kernick (2) or Carnyke (3) is a bivallate near circular earthwork enclosing about 18 acres. The inner bank is almost obliterated (2) Plan (3). (2,3) Castle Canyke is an Iron Age defended settlement of approximately 8 hectares. It comprises a sub-oval rampart, outer ditch and inner "quarry" ditch which encircles the top of a knoll (the south side of which is fairly steep with the rampart approximately 50ft below the crest). The original entrance is no longer identifiable, although MacLauchlan`s plan (2) shows it to be on the south-west sid; there are numerous modern gaps. The western half of the earthwork is fairly well preserved but the eastern part has been much denuded by ploughing. Published survey 1:2500 revised. (4) SX 08806482. During the construction of the new Bodmin by pass the edge of the hill below Castle Canyke was cut into. One chip of flint was found but no trace of structures. (5) A geophysical survey revealed indications of features with the hillfort interior. Traces of an internal rampart and ditch were also located. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : JRIC Reps 31 1849 20-21 (H MacLauchlan)
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Source details : VCH Corn 1 1906 459-60 plan (J B Cornish)
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Source details : F1 MJF 25-AUG-74
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Source details : Corn Arch 15 1976 81 (M M Irwin)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Cornwall Archaeol Unit Ann Report 1985-6 23
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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 : Earthwork
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CO 184
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 06 NE 21
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-08-25
End Date : 1974-08-25

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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1975-01-01
End Date : 1975-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1985-01-01
End Date : 1985-12-31

Castle Canyke