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Impressive earthwork known as Tregeare Rounds near Pendoggett. this great encampment, with its three concentric ramparts and ditches, is less than 10 km from Tintagel.
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Mousehole, Cornwall
At the southern end of Mousehole (pronounced "Mouzel") quay, rising from the water, is Merlin's Rock.
Here Merlin is said to have prophesied:
There shall land on the Rock of Merlin
Those who shall burn Paul, Penzance and Newlyn.
In 1595 four Spanish galleys fulfilled this "prophesy."
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Killibury Castle could be the legendary site mentioned in Welsh Triads as Kelliwic (Celliwig) a possible site of King Arthur's court.
It has a small double-banked, concentric hillfort dating back to the Iron Age.
Fragments of Mediterranean pottery found in the topsoil suggest occupation in the fifth or sixth century AD.
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This Iron Age hillfort is associated with the figures of King Mark and Tristan.
(the so-called Tristan's Stone is located nearby). The archaeologist C.A. Ralegh Radford believed that within the circular earthen ramparts lay a fifth/sixth century settlement
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This site has strong Arthurian connections.
A bivallate Iron Age fort located on the outskirts of Bodmin is a candidate for Kelliwic (Celliwig), Arthur's court in Culhwch and Olwen and the Welsh Triads.
The placename Callywith occurs just over a mile to the north.
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Timeteam info snipped from
http://www.timeteamlinks.co.uk/
Recording Date: 25th, 26th & 27th July 2001
Broadcast Date: TBA
A three day dig in a field on the Lizard peninsula may have unearthed one of the most exciting finds ever for the Channel 4's Time Team explorers. For the carefully excavated trenches which appeared over those days in the 18 acre field at Gear Farm, St. Martin, has revealed not only evidence, of a defended Iron Age village, but clues that date the earliest settlers right back to Neolithic times. This means that the field was being farmed by people as long ago as 3,500BC - even possibly longer ago then that. "One of the first discoveries the TV team made was evidence of an Iron Age hut circle with the remains of a cooking pot besides the fire - a total of eight Iron Age circles were believed to have been found." Oh and Phil does get to play! He gets to play with a leather sling shot this time. DUCK!
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Over the 25th-27th July 2001 Channel 4's Time Team carried out archaeological fieldwork at Caer Vallack and Gear, two well-preserved later prehistoric enclosure sites, and filmed an episode for their next series.
Caer Vallack has the plan and size of a typical round but is on a ridge-top and has a very substantial ditch and a pear-shaped annexe on its south east side.
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StoweÕs Pound is an early hillfort set on the top of StoweÕs Hill with spectacular views over most of East Cornwall.
There is no firm dating evidence although it is considered to be Pre-Ironage and possibly Neolithic.
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Impressive Hillfort
Viewed from above looks like the share of an eye. (oval)
275m long X 170m wide
It sits on a hilltop 1/2 mile south-east of Newbridge. You can reach it from the road running south from the A390 at Newbridge towards Crift.
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This must rank as one of the largest ancient earth banks in the British Isles. It is thought to represent the boundary of a petty Kingdom.
The best preserved bits of the earthwork are found at Willake wood (SX153569)
The longest surviving stretch is 5 1/2 miles long at SX141572 - SX217566
Parts of the bank are stone faced.
It measures upto 15 feet high and 8 yards wide in some places.
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Circular enclosure 90 m in diameter
Has been damaged by ploughing.
Dates from IronAge/ Romano Brit period.
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The inscription on the stone reads..
CONETOCI FILI TEGERNOMALI
(Conetocus, son of Tergernomalus)
Tigernos = King
The stone dates from the Dark Ages but it is possibly an older standing stone that has been re-used.
The stone is horizontally built into the base of Cubert Church.
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The finest surviving linear barrow cemetry in Cornwall.
7 barrows following a flat ridge top in a ESE/WNW line 750 m long.
The largest barrow is 25.5 m in diameter
The smallest is 13.5 across
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The north east menhir is the tallest standing stone in Cornwall (5.05 metres)
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Near Callington. First indentified in 1952.
The ditch is between 9 and 13 metres wide!
Castlewich henge is noted as a source of greenstone used for making axes.
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This site was first noted by Borlase in 1871 as a "Plain an Gwarry" (a medieval open air theatre.)
An excavation showed the site was dug into weathered slate.
Features suggest it was much earlier than medieval and it seems reasonable to assume it is a henge.
5 or more barrows are recorded nearby.
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Easily located on waste land immediately to the left of the lane from St. Just to Carn Gluze.
It is placed above the highest cliffs on this part of the coast.
The entrance looks out to sea
One of the largest barrows in West Penwith
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Two small tombs on the hillside above the road from Treen to New Mill.
One chamber shows signs of having been designed for entry after completion, possibly for ritual purposes.
Similar tombs are found on the Scilly isles
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This is the largest barrow in Cornwall.
A massive 33.5m diameter and 6.5 m high.
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Marked on some maps as a "stone circle" but is more likely to be a cairn retainer. It is right next to a medieval village with prehistoric cairns and houses nearby
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Born in Cornwall 1966.
Main interests include Hillforts and barrows. I try to cover mainly Cornish sites but about five times a year get to visit Dorset where my wifes family live. Fairly keen on folklore and earth mysteries etc.
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