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Castle-An-Dinas, Ludgvan
Cornwall, England ยท Atlas EN0842
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0842 (842)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cornwall
- Historic county
- Cornwall
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ludgvan
- National Grid reference
- SW 48487 35009
- Latitude
- 50.16157
- Longitude
- -5.52302
- Altitude
- 228 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 3, SW 4, NW 4
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 1.17 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.45 ha, 1.17 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west); Out-turned (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures
- Finds
- metal and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1769); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1878); Geophysical Survey (2004); Other (2011); Other (2002-2003)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006725
- HER
- Cornwall and Scilly 31588
- National record
- record SW 43 NE 32; monument 423254
- Wikidata
- Q31114757
Sources
References
- Borlase, W. 1769. The antiquities of Cornwall, London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 346-47.
- Cripps, L.J. 2004. Castle-an-Dinas, Ludgvan, Nr. Penzance. Geophysical Survey, Archaeological Services, University of Durham.
- Jones, A. 2004. Castle an Dinas, Ludgvan, Cornwall: conservation work to Rogers Tower and ruined 19th century farmhouse, Unpublished Report No 04R010, Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall County Council.
- Page, W. ed. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 1, London: James Street, 459, 461.
- Parkes, C. 2012. Castle an Dinas Quarry, Ludgvan, Cornwall: archaeological assessment, Report No 11R094, Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall County Council.