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Carvossa
Cornwall, England · Atlas EN0612
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0612 (612)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cornwall
- Historic county
- Cornwall
- Parish, community, or townland
- Probus
- National Grid reference
- SW91884828
- Latitude
- 50.29760
- Longitude
- -4.92364
- Altitude
- 85 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- postholes and roundhouses
- Finds
- pottery, metal, and metalworking
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1754); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1813); Other (1848); Other (1880); Other (1977); Geophysical Survey (1980); Excavation (1968-1970)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1016890
- HER
- Cornwall and Scilly MCO43 (second identifier 23028)
- National record
- record SW 94 NW 2; monument 429711
- Wikidata
- Q31114355
Sources
References
- Borlase, W. 1754. Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 334.
- Carlyon, P. M. 1987. Finds from the Earthwork at Carvossa, Cornish Archaeol, 26, 103-141.
- Douch, H. L and Beard, S. W. 1970. Excavations at Carvossa, Probus 1968-1970, Cornish Archaeology, 9, 93-97.
- Fox, A and Ravenhill, W. L. D. 1972. The Roman Fort at Nanstallon, Cornwall, Britannia, 3, 56-111.
- Gilbert, G. ed. 1838. The Parochial History of Cornwall, 362, 366.
- Hitchins, F. and Drew, S. eds. 1824. The History of Cornwall, 568.
- Maclaughlan, H. 1849. Notes on Restormel Castle, J Royal Inst Cornwall, 32. 23-24.
- Polsue, J. ed. 1867-72. Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall, Vol4, 100.
- Quinnell, H 1986. Cornwall During The Iron Age And The Roman Period, Cornish Archaeol , 25, 111-134.
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- [6] SCO4139 - Bibliographic reference: Polsue, J (Editor). 1867-72. Lake's Parochial History of Cornwall. VOL 4, 100.