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Froxton Wood Castle

Hob Uid: 436442
Location :
Cornwall
Whitstone
Grid Ref : SX2542099690
Summary : Iron Age enclosed settlement.
More information : (SX 25439970) Froxton Wood Castle (NR). (1)

"On this estate is an ancient earthwork called Forkstonewood Castle; the area is oval, its greater diameter measuring 160 feet, its lesser 145 feet. The perpendicular height of the bank is 10 feet and the breadth of the ditch at the bottom the same". (2)

SX 25439970; A 'round' situated just below a ridge on a SW facing slope. It is in grassland but is much reduced by ploughing except in the SW and NW where it is preserved by field boundaries. It is
roughly circular, some 70.0m across, overall, but with distinct "corners" in the N, E, and S. The ramparts comprise a ditch up to
1.4m deep with an outer counterscarp bank up to 0.8m high. The entrance was probably in the E, and in the interior there is a
rectangular platform 10.0m NW-SE by 8.0m terraced into the hill slope. Resurveyed at 1:2500; it is still called Froxton Wood Castle. (3)

Earthwork (NR). (4)

The SW boundaries of the site consist of a ditch 3.2m deep in a woodland strip. The rest of the site is under pasture with the ditch 7m-1m deep. No other features are apparent and no entrance is obvious. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1907
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Source details : History of Cornwall 4 1867 322 (W Lake)
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Source details : F1 MHB 09-JAN-73
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Source details : OS 6" 1963
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Source details : DoE (IAM) Rec Form 29.10.76 (R J Mercer)
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Enclosed Settlement
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CO 963
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 29 NE 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-01-09
End Date : 1973-01-09