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Pencarrow Rounds is a multivallate hillfort situated in Cornwall, England, comprising a central enclosure defended by multiple concentric earthwork banks and ditches, typical of Iron Age defensive settlements in the south-west. The site is further protected by outworks extending beyond the main ramparts, demonstrating the considerable investment in fortification undertaken during the Iron Age period. The multiple lines of defence suggest the settlement held strategic or economic importance within its contemporary landscape, whether as a refuge settlement, trading centre, or residence of a high-status community. As a multivallate hillfort with elaborated outworks, Pencarrow Rounds represents a more complex and developed form of Iron Age fortification than simpler single-valleate examples found elsewhere in the region.
Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004488. View the official record →
Pencarrow Rounds is a multivallate hillfort situated in Cornwall, England, comprising a central enclosure defended by multiple concentric earthwork banks and ditches, typical of Iron Age defensive settlements in the south-west. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004488.
Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds 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 1004488.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Reperry Cross, 550m ENE of Reperry Manor Farm (6.7 km), St Ingunger Cross, 240m south-east of St Ingunger Farm (7 km), A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm (7.3 km).
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Small multivallate hillfort with outworks known as Pencarrow Rounds stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.