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Round 300m north of Northdown

England
List entry 1004462
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004462
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.97 hectares
Grid reference
SX 25761 82441
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round 300m north of Northdown is a Cornish round, a prehistoric defended settlement dating to the Iron Age. The site consists of a roughly circular enclosure defined by a substantial bank and ditch, characteristic of the round form that developed in Cornwall during the later prehistoric period. Such monuments typically served as domestic and defensive settlements, housing communities and their livestock within protective earthwork boundaries. The survival of its earthwork features makes this example valuable for understanding Iron Age settlement patterns and land use in west Cornwall.

Round 300m north of Northdown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004462. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Round 300m north of Northdown?

Round 300m north of Northdown is a Cornish round, a prehistoric defended settlement dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004462.

Who is responsible for protecting Round 300m north of Northdown?

Round 300m north of Northdown 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 1004462.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round 300m north of Northdown?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric irregular and regular aggregate field systems with incorporated stone hut circles 750m ENE of Siblyback Farm (9.7 km), Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, two cairns, medieval pound and adjacent Prehistoric field systems, hut circles and transhumance huts on Stowe's Hill (9.8 km), Prehistoric regular aggregate field system with incorporated stone hut circles and enclosure 450m east of Siblyback Farm (10 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric irregular and regular aggregate field systems with incorporated stone hut circles 750m ENE of Siblyback Farm
9.7 km
Earlier Prehistoric hillfort, two cairns, medieval pound and adjacent Prehistoric field systems, hut circles and transhumance huts on Stowe's Hill
9.8 km
Prehistoric regular aggregate field system with incorporated stone hut circles and enclosure 450m east of Siblyback Farm
10 km
Platform cairn 690m south-east of Carkeet Farm
10.2 km
Banked cairn 950m west of Siblyback Farm
10.3 km
Platform cairn with central mound 720m south-east of Carkeet Farm
10.3 km
Stone hut circle 520m SSE of Carkeet Farm
10.3 km
Stone hut circle settlement with incorporating prehistoric irregular aggregate field system 600m SSE of Carkeet Farm
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round 300m north of Northdown

Round 300m north of Northdown stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is ultramafitite.

The wider landscape

Around Round 300m north of Northdown

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~13.1 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.5 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~15.9 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~19.1 miles
Domesday entry for Polyphant, Cornwall →
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