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Blacketon Rings is a univallate hillfort situated in Cornwall, England, featuring a single defensive rampart with associated outworks that extend its fortified perimeter. The monument dates to the Iron Age, representing a characteristic example of the defended settlements constructed across south-western Britain during the later prehistoric period. The hillfort's outworks demonstrate a more complex defensive strategy than its single primary rampart alone would suggest, indicative of the site's role as a significant settlement or territorial stronghold. The site remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive architecture in the Cornish landscape.
Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007296. View the official record →
Blacketon Rings is a univallate hillfort situated in Cornwall, England, featuring a single defensive rampart with associated outworks that extend its fortified perimeter. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007296.
Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings 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 1007296.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age defended settlement at Padderbury Top (2.2 km), Round barrow on Bin Down (3.1 km), Wayside cross 50m north east of Carracawn Cross (4 km).
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Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Blacketon Rings stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.