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Cadson Bury is an
National Trust Heritage Records Online. Retrieved 16 November 2017. and it is
There are no traces of house platforms within the enclosure. There are two opposed inturned entrances on the east and west sides; the eastern entrance is clearly defined, the western entrance less so. Another entrance on the south may not be original.''Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage''. The Historic Environment Unit, Cornwall County Council, 2003. Page 22.
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 ...
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 south-west of Callington
Callington ( kw, Kelliwik) is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston.
Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had ...
, in Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...
, England.
It is owned by the National Trust
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,Cadsonbury Camp, CadsonburyNational Trust Heritage Records Online. Retrieved 16 November 2017. and it is
scheduled monument
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The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and ...
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Description
The fort is sited in a commanding position on a steep hill, called Cadson Bury Down, above theRiver Lynher
The River Lynher ( kw, Linar) (or St Germans River downstream from its confluence with the Tiddy) flows through east Cornwall, England, and enters the River Tamar at the Hamoaze, which in turn flows into Plymouth Sound.
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It is univallate, probably of the early Iron Age.Richard Wainwright. ''A Guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume 1: South and East''. Constable, 1979. Page 42. The oval enclosure, longest from north to south, is about long and wide, enclosing an area of about . The rampart is up to above the interior; the outer ditch is about deep on the east side, less visible elsewhere.
There are no traces of house platforms within the enclosure. There are two opposed inturned entrances on the east and west sides; the eastern entrance is clearly defined, the western entrance less so. Another entrance on the south may not be original.''Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage''. The Historic Environment Unit, Cornwall County Council, 2003. Page 22.
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
{{Iron Age hillforts in England Hill forts in Cornwall Scheduled monuments in Cornwall National Trust properties in Cornwall