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HER Number:	6619.01
Name:	LARGIN CASTLE - Medieval pillow mound

Summary

A ditched feature within Largin Castle which resembles a pillow mound.

Grid Reference:	SX 1689 6457
Parish:	Broadoak, Caradon, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX16SE 7
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 6619.01
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX16SE 33

Monument Type(s):

PILLOW MOUND? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

There is a ditched feature within Largin Castle which resembles a pillow mound. It is 0.7m high and 14.0m long. One end is on the lip of the rampart the other faces into ground level (h1).

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Site history:
1: 1972. NVQ / OS
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<2> ANDREW, CKC, 1948, REVISED 1-INCH MAP (Unedited Source). SCO7408.

<3> Fox, A, 1978, South-Western Hill-Forts, 56 (Article in monograph). SCO3331.

<4> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL I, 462 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<5> Beagrie, N & Sheppard, P, 1982, Broadoak Checklist, VOL 21, 195 (Article in Journal). SCO2811.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[2]	SCO7408 - Unedited Source: ANDREW, CKC. 1948. REVISED 1-INCH MAP.
[3]	SCO3331 - Article in monograph: Fox, A. 1978. South-Western Hill-Forts. Problems of the Iron Age in Southern Britain. The Institute of Archaeology. 35-60. 56.
[4]	SCO4068 - Bibliographic reference: Page, W (Editor). 1906. Victoria History of the County of Cornwall. VOL I, 462.
[5]	SCO2811 - Article in Journal: Beagrie, N & Sheppard, P. 1982. Broadoak Checklist. Cornish Archaeology. 21. VOL 21, 195.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

6619	Part of: LARGIN CASTLE - Iron Age hillfort (Monument)

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