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HER Number:6619
Name:LARGIN CASTLE - Iron Age hillfort

Summary

Largin Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on the spur of a steep sided hill. It has dependent inner enclosures and two outer cross bank enclosures.

Grid Reference:SX 1691 6452
Parish:Broadoak, Caradon, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument: Largin Castle

Other References/Statuses

  • National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 2044.30.1
  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX16SE 7
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 6619
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX16SE 2

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Largin Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on the spur of a steep sided hill. It has dependent inner enclosures and two outer cross bank enclosures (6625). The enclosures are formed by a bank, ditch and counterscarp bank, of which the latter is missing on the west side of the outer enclosure. In the south of the outer rampart the remains of a club-ended or inturned entrance led to a broad shallow sunken way which extends to the simple entrance of the innerwork. Arable farming within the hillfort is possibly shown by a cross lynchet up to 1.0m high west of the trackway (h1). Although within a conifer forestry plantation, the earthwork has not been planted with foreign species, and it is in excellent condition (h2). On the north side of the interior is a possible pillow mound (6619.01). The hillfort is visible in outline under tree cover in aerial photos (p1) and this was plotted as part of the NMP.

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Site history:
1: 1972. NVQ / OS
2: 1984. APJ, PGR / CAU
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

BKS, 1995, CCC/BKS/95/48/128-130 (Photographic Record). SCO18313.

<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

[p1]SCO18313 - Photographic Record: BKS. 1995. CCC/BKS/95/48/128-130. ACP.
[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

6619.01Parent of: LARGIN CASTLE - Medieval pillow mound (Monument)

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