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HER Number:6256
Name:BEGGARS FORT - Medieval fort, Post Medieval fort

Summary

The beggars fort in Antony park is shown on a map of 1591

Grid Reference:SX 4259 5669
Parish:Antony, Caradon, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 6256
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX45NW 15

Monument Type(s):

  • FORT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FORT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

The beggars fort in Antony park is shown on a map of 1591 (b1). Sheppard in 1974 lists the site but records no extant remains (b3).


<1> UNKNOWN, 1591, BEGGARS FORT, SPRY'S PLOT MAP (Unedited Source). SCO5408.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1---, COTTONIAN, AUG 1, VOL I, 41 MAP (Unedited Source). SCO5280.

<3> Sheppard, PA, 1974, Parochial Check-List of Antiquities: Hundred of East 5: Parish of Antony in the east, VOL 13, 63 (Article in Journal). SCO4399.

<4> Thomas, AC (Ed), 1974, Archaeological Survey of the Rame Peninsula, VOL 12 (Article in Journal). SCO4643.

<5> SAUNDERS, A, 19--, PLYMOUTH DEFENCES (MS), NO 4 (Unedited Source). SCO6757.

<6> FSG (SWR), 1992, Plymouth Defences Assessment (Bibliographic reference). SCO3343.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO5408 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1591. BEGGARS FORT, SPRY'S PLOT MAP. COPY IN PLYMOUTH CITY LIBRARY.
[2]SCO5280 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1---. COTTONIAN, AUG 1. AT BRITISH LIBRARY. VOL I, 41 MAP.
[3]SCO4399 - Article in Journal: Sheppard, PA. 1974. Parochial Check-List of Antiquities: Hundred of East 5: Parish of Antony in the east. Cornish Archaeology. 13. 60-63. VOL 13, 63.
[4]SCO4643 - Article in Journal: Thomas, AC (Ed). 1974. Archaeological Survey of the Rame Peninsula. Cornish Archaeology. 12. VOL 12.
[5]SCO6757 - Unedited Source: SAUNDERS, A. 19--. PLYMOUTH DEFENCES (MS). NO 4.
[6]SCO3343 - Bibliographic reference: FSG (SWR). 1992. Plymouth Defences Assessment.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded