Carnsew

Nearest town:
St Ives (5km WNW)
OS reference:
SW55643713
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 10' 59 N
Longitude:
5° 25' 24.12 W
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Images

Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by juamei

Image Credit: Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.

Image credit: Open Source Environment Agency LIDAR
juamei
juamei Mar 25, 2018
Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Plantation Lane now follows the line of what would have been the southern ditch. The line of the southern rampart is beneath a later drystone wall.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2016
Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Great damage was done to the fort by the decision to route the Great Western Railway right through. The remains of the fort straddle either side of the tracks.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2016
Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The eastern flank of the fort, running alongside the Hayle estuary. Prior to the artificial straightening and clearing of the river’s course, the estuary is likely to have extended practically to the edge of the fort.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2016
Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Looking out from the northeastern corner of the fort, the reason for it’s location is apparent. Ignore the buildings and the artificial quaysides, it commands a view of the mouth of the navigable River Hayle.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2016
Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Landscaping can’t wholly disguise the lines of multi-vallate northern defences.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2016
Image of Carnsew (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Steep drop marks the original natural defences of the north side, now landscaped and hemmed in by the road.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.6.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 7, 2016

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