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Carnsew
Cornwall, England ยท Atlas EN0610
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0610 (610)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cornwall
- Historic county
- Cornwall
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hayle
- National Grid reference
- SW55643713
- Latitude
- 50.18360
- Longitude
- -5.42441
- Altitude
- 17 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- annex
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope and spur
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- parkland, pasture, and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1879); Other (1962)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006720
- HER
- Cornwall and Scilly MCO40 (second identifier 31934)
- National record
- record SW 53 NE 15; monument 424685
- Wikidata
- Q31114352
Sources
References
- Buck, C. and Smith, J. R. 1995. Hayle Town Survey, Unpublished report, Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall County Council.
- Cahill, N. 2000. Hayle Historical Assessment, Cornwall, Unpublished report, Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall County Council.
- Page, W. ed. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 1, London: James Street, 468.
- Thomas, JI. 1947. Studies in Cornish Archaeology, 62-4.