Bishop’s Wood (Truro)

Nearest town:
Truro (4km SSE)
OS reference:
SW829487
OS sheet:
204
Latitude:
50° 17' 51.39 N
Longitude:
5° 2' 55.33 W
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Image of Bishop’s Wood (Truro) (Hillfort) by juamei

Open Source Environment agency LIDAR

Image credit: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.
juamei
juamei Jan 24, 2016
Image of Bishop’s Wood (Truro) (Hillfort) by ocifant

Tricky to photograph, as it’s in a forested area. This panorama is the best I could do. Taken May 2007.

Pano courtesy of Autostitch.net

Image credit: Alan S>
ocifant
ocifant Aug 18, 2007

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Bishop’s Wood (Truro)
Hillfort
pure joy
pure joy Sep 9, 2003

Mentioned by Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books – 1985, revised 1997 & 2000). ”This Iron Age/Roman-British fort occupies a small hillside spur overlooking a deep valley to the east, rather than a hilltop position. Oval is plan, 167m by 150m, it has a single, well preserved earth rampart up to 3.7m high, surrounded by a ditch 1.5m deep. There are three entrances, facing west, north east and south east; it is not known whether all three are original. The site is forested, and no hut sites are known within the fort”

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