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Cliff Castle is a Cornish promontory fort situated on Rosemullion Head in the parish of Constantine. The site comprises an Iron Age defensive enclosure, likely dating to the later pre-Roman period, positioned strategically on a headland overlooking the Fal Estuary. The fort is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising banks and ditches that cut across the promontory, effectively isolating the elevated headland from the mainland and creating a strongly fortified position. Such promontory forts were characteristic of Iron Age settlement in south-western Britain, serving defensive and possibly territorial functions during the centuries preceding Roman conquest.
Cliff castle on Rosemullion Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004272. View the official record →
Cliff Castle is a Cornish promontory fort situated on Rosemullion Head in the parish of Constantine. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004272.
Cliff castle on Rosemullion Head is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004272.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows 700yds (640m) NNE of Penhallick Farm (9.3 km), Hut circle with associated field system 300yds (270m) NW of Polcoverack (9.3 km), Hut circle on Crousa Downs 650yds (600m) S of 'Three Brothers of Grugwith' (9.5 km).
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