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Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor is a prehistoric monument consisting of three adjoining rectangular earthwork enclosures located in Cornwall. The site comprises a series of substantial banks and ditches forming defensive or administrative divisions, typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the south-west of England. The enclosures represent evidence of organised settlement activity during the later prehistoric period, likely dating to the Iron Age, though the precise chronology remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The monument survives as a landscape feature of archaeological significance, illustrating the pattern of defended settlement that characterised Iron Age communities in this region of Cornwall.
Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006659. View the official record →
Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor is a prehistoric monument consisting of three adjoining rectangular earthwork enclosures located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006659.
Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor 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 1006659.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs (8.7 km), Bowl barrow 680m WSW of Gwenter Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs (8.9 km), Small circular earthwork 500yds (460m) N of Gweal Goose (8.9 km).
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Three rectangular defended enclosures 460m north east of Merthen Manor stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.