LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Cornwall and Scilly 17583 (None)
NMR: SW 28 SE 14 (436257)
SM: None
NGR: SX2575 8244
X: 225750 Y: 82440 (OSGB36)
Possible, univallate, contour hillfort or round located on broad NW-SE ridge above valley of the River Inny to E and its confluence with Penpont Water, flowing from NW, on SE. generally steep surrounding slopes, less along ridge to NW. Oval area measures c. 91m by 55m, with internal area estimated at 0.75ha. Defined on N side for for 160m by denuded scarp to 1.4m high with inner bank 0.4m high, and traces of ploughed outer ditch average 0.3m deep. Elsewhere rampart levelled and overlain by modern field hedge banks up to 1.8m high, and ditch gone. Entrance probably destroyed, but indent in bank remnant on NW and one might be visible with detailed investigation of remains. Nearly gone and under improved pasture. On 1st Ed. OS map (1884). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Unconfirmed
X: -496983 Y: 6553562 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.464478093265132 Latitude: 50.61551217912501 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Historic County: Cornwall
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Lewannick
Nearly obliterated by farming operations and field boundary on NE quadrant. On Trethinna Farm just above Polyphant quarry.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Under improved pasture.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Possible, univallate, contour hillfort or round located on broad NW-SE ridge above valley of the River Inny to E and its confluence with Penpont Water, flowing from NW, on SE. generally steep surrounding slopes, less along ridge to NW.
| 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: Hill top
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 198.0m
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 1st Ed. OS map (1884). Field investigation Ordnance Survey 1974.
| Other (1884): | OS map. |
| Other (1974): | Field investigation OS. |
None.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
Probably destroyed, but indent in rampart remains on NW may be site and one might be visible with detailed investigation of remains.
| None: | Modern gaps unspecified. |
| 2: | Indent on NW may be site of entrance? |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North west): | Conjecture. |
Univallate, defined on N side for for 160m by denuded scarp to 1.4m high with inner bank 0.4m high, and traces of ploughed outer ditch average 0.3m deep. Elsewhere rampart levelled and overlain by modern field hedge banks up to 1.8m high, and ditch gone.
| Area 1: | 0.75ha. |
| Total: | 0.75ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Nearly gone - quadrants not estimated. |
| 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 |
| ✓ | Ploughed outer ditch mostly gone. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Page, W. ed. 1906. The Victoria history of the County of Cornwall, Vol I, 466, The Victoria History of the Counties of England.
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