Berry Castle

Also known as:
Berry Down
Nearest town:
Liskeard (7km ESE)
OS reference:
SX197689
OS sheet:
201
Latitude:
50° 29' 29.38 N
Longitude:
4° 32' 31.96 W
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Image of Berry Castle (Enclosure) by Mr Hamhead

This is thought to be the entrance to Berry Castle from the south. It uses the natural rock formation to good advantage.

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Oct 14, 2004

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Berry Castle

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Oct 4, 2004

Oct 2nd 2004

Windy but sunny, I sit on the northern edge of Berry Castle and have a snack. Great views of most of Bodmin Moor.
This site is hard to interpret, very overgrown, square? in shape with loads of rocks lying around all over the place inside it. At one point I think I found a hut circle but....

I don’t seem to be able to find any literature that agrees on a date for the place...anything from neolithic to iron age.

Miscellaneous

Berry Castle
Enclosure
pure joy
pure joy May 15, 2003

Mentioned by Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books – 1985, revised 1997 & 2000). “The main enclosure is rectilinear, 110m from north to south, by 82m, and consists of a tumbled, unditched stone and earth bank up to 1.5m high. It incorporates natural rock outcrops. Within the enclosure are the remains of 8 round houses; a ninth lies just outside the north wall. These are between 8.0m and 14.0m in diameter, and most have south-east facing entrances. The southern side of the enclosure utilizes a natural rocky scarp to form a double defence pierced by an inturned entrance. A hollow way leads from this entrance through an incomplete annexe attached to the southern side of the enclosure. This is bounded by a stone and earth bank up to 1.0m high; its west side is missing. The enclosure is thought to be Bronze Age, but may even have Neolithic origins.”

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Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead
Nov 2004

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