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Warbstow Bury is an
Warbstow & District Community Online, accessed 17 April 2017. There are views to
The inner rampart has two original entrances, inturned and facing each other, on the north-west and south-east, and there are corresponding simple entrances in the outer rampart.
In the centre of the fort is a medieval rabbit warren: a rectangular mound, or pillow mound, about long, wide and high. It is known as "The Giant's Grave" or "King Arthur's Grave".
Warbstow Bury: Re-writing the Story of a Cornish Hillfort
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
hillfort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...
about west of the village of Warbstow
Warbstow ( kw, Lannwarburgh) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 439 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 520 at the 2011 census.
The parish is one of the few left in England ...
, in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
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Location and description
The site is above sea level, on a hill at the heads of two tributaries of theRiver Ottery
The River Ottery ( kw, Otri) is a small river in northeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The river is about long from its source southeast of Otterham to its confluence with the River Tamar at Nether Bridge, northeast of Launceston.
The headw ...
.Warbstow BuryWarbstow & District Community Online, accessed 17 April 2017. There are views to
Lundy Island
Lundy is an English island in the Bristol Channel. It was a micronation from 1925–1969. It forms part of the district of Torridge in the county of Devon.
About long and wide, Lundy has had a long and turbulent history, frequently chang ...
and Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers .
The granite which forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous ...
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The fort is one of the largest earthworks in Cornwall. It is an oval enclosure, area about . There are two concentric ramparts and ditches; the ramparts are up to high, with ditches up to deep. Between these, in the southern part, are the remains of an earlier rampart.''Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage''. The Historic Environment Unit, Cornwall County Council, 2003. Page 49.
The inner rampart has two original entrances, inturned and facing each other, on the north-west and south-east, and there are corresponding simple entrances in the outer rampart.
Pillow mound
In the centre of the fort is a medieval rabbit warren: a rectangular mound, or pillow mound, about long, wide and high. It is known as "The Giant's Grave" or "King Arthur's Grave".
See also
*Hillforts in Britain Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain. Although the earliest such constructs fitting this description come from the Neolithic British Isles, with a few also dating to later Bronze Age Britain, Britis ...
References
External links
Warbstow Bury: Re-writing the Story of a Cornish Hillfort
Heritage Calling: A Historic England Blog {{Iron Age hillforts in England Hill forts in Cornwall Scheduled monuments in Cornwall