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Cadson Bury is an
National Trust Heritage Records Online. Retrieved 16 November 2017. and it is
There are no traces of house platforms within the enclosure. There are two opposed inturned entrances on the east and west sides; the eastern entrance is clearly defined, the western entrance less so. Another entrance on the south may not be original.''Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage''. The Historic Environment Unit, Cornwall County Council, 2003. Page 22.
Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...
hillfort
A hillfort is a type of fortification, fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late Bronze Age Europe, European Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, Iron Age. So ...
about south-west of Callington, in Cornwall
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, England.
It is owned by the National Trust
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,Cadsonbury Camp, CadsonburyNational Trust Heritage Records Online. Retrieved 16 November 2017. and it is
scheduled monument
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Description
The fort is sited in a commanding position on a steep hill, called Cadson Bury Down, above the River Lynher. It is univallate, probably of the early Iron Age.Richard Wainwright. ''A Guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume 1: South and East''. Constable, 1979. Page 42. The oval enclosure, longest from north to south, is about long and wide, enclosing an area of about . The rampart is up to above the interior; the outer ditch is about deep on the east side, less visible elsewhere.
There are no traces of house platforms within the enclosure. There are two opposed inturned entrances on the east and west sides; the eastern entrance is clearly defined, the western entrance less so. Another entrance on the south may not be original.''Cornwall's Archaeological Heritage''. The Historic Environment Unit, Cornwall County Council, 2003. Page 22.
See also
*Hillforts in Britain
Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain. Although the earliest such constructs fitting this description come from the Neolithic British Isles, with a few also dating to later Bronze Age Britain, Briti ...
References
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