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Berry Castle is an Iron Age hillfort situated in Cornwall, England, with defensive earthworks characteristic of the later prehistoric period. The site comprises a substantial ramparted enclosure with an associated outwork, indicative of a multi-phase fortification, alongside evidence of occupation in the form of an outlying stone hut circle. The monument's architectural features and settlement evidence place it within the Iron Age tradition of hillforts that dominated south-western Britain during the centuries preceding the Roman conquest. The site remains archaeologically significant as a well-preserved example of Iron Age defensive settlement patterns in the Cornish landscape.
Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004455. View the official record →
Berry Castle is an Iron Age hillfort situated in Cornwall, England, with defensive earthworks characteristic of the later prehistoric period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004455.
Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle 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 1004455.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm (5.9 km), Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse (6 km), Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Earlier prehistoric hillfort with outwork and outlying stone hut circle known as Berry Castle stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.