LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Cornwall and Scilly MCO7731 (25050)
NMR: SW 85 NW 6 (428996)
SM: 1019496
NGR: SW81655670
X: 181650 Y: 56710 (OSGB36)
Small, sub-oval, univallate hillslope fort sited in prominent location on slight slope on NE shoulder of ridge W of St Newlyn East. Steep surrounding slopes to N, NE, moderate to SE, moderate to level on W. Stream channel cuts into slopes on N. Measures overall c. 15m WNW- ESE by to 80m NNE-SSW, encloses 0.3ha. To E and S remains of rampart surmounted by boundary bank of earth and stone, with roughly coursed facing visible in places. Bank 1.3m wide at top and 0.8m high internally, 2.2m high externally, on E. On S 2.4m wide, 1m high internally and 1.9m high externally. External ditch 6.8m wide and 0.75m deep on E, 8m wide and 0.7m deep on S. On N and W rampart now visible only as scarp 1.5m high, with external ditch 4.4m wide and 0.5m deep. S side completely disfigured by hedge and ploughing. Interior level with several slight undulations or indistinct earthworks. Possible E entrance. Probable causeway 6m-7m wide across ditch on W, c. 7.3m N of where boundary bank joins rampart on S, modern access. On 1st Ed. OS Map (1880). Minimal investigations recorded, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -564607 Y: 6510533 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -5.0719522572063 Latitude: 50.36960843911765 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Historic County: Cornwall
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: St Newlyn East
Ramparts only scarp on N and W and completely disfigured by hedge and ploughing on S.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Farmed.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small, univallate, hillslope hillfort sited in prominent location on slight slope on NE shoulder of ridge W of St Newlyn East. Steep surrounding slopes to N, NE, moderate to SE, moderate to level on W.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✓ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✓ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✓ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Ridge
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✓ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 84.0m
N/A
None.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On St Newlyn East Tithe Apportionment map 1840. Mention by R. Thomas in newspaper 1851. On 1st Ed. OS Map (1880). Field investigation Ordnance Survey 1970.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840): | St Newlyn East Tithe Apportionment map. |
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1851): | Mention by R. Thomas in newspaper. |
| Other (1880): | OS MAP. |
| Other (1970): | Field investigation OS. |
Several slight undulations or indistinct earthworks.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Several slight undulations or indistinct earthworks.
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Probable causeway 6m-7m wide across ditch on W, c. 7.3m N of where boundary bank joins rampart on S, modern access. Possible original E entrance.
| 2: | Probable causeway 6m-7m wide across ditch on W, c. 7.3m N of where boundary bank joins rampart on S, modern access. Eastern entrance |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (East): | None |
To E and S remains of rampart surmounted by boundary bank of earth and stone, with roughly coursed facing visible in places. Bank 1.3m wide at top and 0.8m high internally, 2.2m high externally, on E. On S 2.4m wide, 1m high internally and 1.9m high externally. External ditch 6.8m wide and 0.75m deep on E, 8m wide and 0.7m deep on S. On N and W rampart only visible as scarp 1.5m high, with external ditch 4.4m wide and 0.5m deep.
| Area 1: | 0.3ha. |
| Total: | 0.3ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✓ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Surrounded by ditch, faint except on N and E where well-preserved. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Henderson, C. 1914. Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, Unpublished MS At RIC, Vol III, 140.
Page, W. ed. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 1, London: James Street, 467.
Thomas, R. 1851. Letters to the West Briton, At CSL, Redruth, 21/11/1851, 5.
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