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Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux is a late Iron Age defensive enclosure located in Cornwall. The monument comprises multiple defensive banks and ditches characteristic of multivallate hillfort construction, indicating investment in layered fortification. Such hillforts were prominent settlement and defensive centres during the Iron Age period in south-western Britain, serving communities for habitation, refuge, and possibly administrative purposes. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork preserves evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the Cornish landscape.
Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006663. View the official record →
Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux is a late Iron Age defensive enclosure located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006663.
Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux 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 1006663.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School (4.6 km), Menacuddle Well (5.2 km), Wayside cross in Tregaminion chapel yard, 3m north west of the chapel (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.