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Dodman Castle

Cornwall, England ยท Atlas EN0643

Dodman Castle is a promontory fort in St Goran, Cornwall, England.

Other names on the record: Dodman Point and The Dodman.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 21 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a coastal promontory and at 114 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture, arable, built-up land, and coastal grassland.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1020865).

Location

Atlas number
EN0643 (643)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cornwall
Historic county
Cornwall
Parish, community, or townland
St Goran
National Grid reference
SX00103985
Latitude
50.22472
Longitude
-4.80392
Altitude
114 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
21 ha
Footprint
34 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Blocked (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, arable, built-up land, and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1760); Other (1881); Other (1971); Geophysical Survey (2004-2013); Other (2006-2007); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1020865
HER
Cornwall and Scilly MCO6545 (second identifier 24047)
National record
record SX 03 NW 1; monument 431056
Wikidata
Q31114628

Sources

References

  1. Cotton, M.A. 1958-9. Cornish Cliff Castles, Proc West Cornwall Fld Club, 2, 3, 119.
  2. Kirkham, G. 2005. The Dodman, Cornwall: archaeological watching brief on trenching for installation of a water supply, Unpublished Historic Environment Service Report No 2005R071, Truro.
  3. Kirkham, G. 2006. The Dodman, Cornwall: archaeological watching brief on trenching for installation of a replacement lightning conductor, Unpublished Historic Environment Service Report No 06R005, Truro.
  4. Kirkham, G. 2008. The Dodman, Cornwall: archaeological watching brief on trenching for installation of a water supply to the western side of the headland, Unpublished Historic Environment Service Report No 08R002, Truro.
  5. Lysons, D. and Lysons, S. 1814. Magna Britannia. Vol 3, Cornwall, CCXLVI.
  6. Page, W. ed. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 1, London: James Street, 458-9.
  7. Roseweare, M.J. and Roseweare, A.C.K. 2013. Dodman Point, Cornwall: geophysical survey, Unpublished survey report ArchaeoPhysica.
  8. Stephens, C. 2005. Geophysical survey report Dodman Point II, Cornwall. GSB Prospection Ltd (survey reports).
  9. Stephens, C. 2006. Geophysical survey report Dodman Point III. GSB Prospection Ltd (survey reports).
  10. Warner, R.B. 1967. Some new cliff castles, Cornish Archaeol, 6, 111.