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Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood

England
List entry 1019847
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019847
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.72 hectares
Grid reference
SW 83713 40384
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood is a prehistoric hillfort located in Cornwall, England, dating to the Iron Age period. The site comprises multiple concentric or closely-spaced defensive earthwork enclosures that characterize this category of fortified settlement, typical of Iron Age defensive architecture in the south-west of Britain. Such multi-vallate structures reflect both the strategic importance of their locations and the considerable labour investment undertaken by their communities. The earthworks remain visible as archaeological features in the landscape, contributing to understanding of Iron Age settlement hierarchy and territorial organisation in Cornwall.

Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019847. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood?

Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood is a prehistoric hillfort located in Cornwall, England, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019847.

Who is responsible for protecting Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood?

Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood 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 1019847.

What other scheduled monuments are near Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including D-day landing craft maintenance site at Mylor harbour (5.3 km), Churchyard cross in St Mylor churchyard (5.4 km), Wayside cross in St Gerran's churchyard (6.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

D-day landing craft maintenance site at Mylor harbour
5.3 km
Churchyard cross in St Mylor churchyard
5.4 km
Wayside cross in St Gerran's churchyard
6.3 km
Wayside cross in St Peter's churchyard, Flushing
7 km
Holy well of St Mawes, 80m east of St Mawes Methodist Church
7.3 km
Early 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castle
7.5 km
St Mawes Castle
7.6 km
Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood

Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood stands on Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sedimentary rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Multiple enclosure fort at Round Wood

Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~19.1 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~21.7 miles
Domesday entry for Landegea, Cornwall →
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