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Shorthorn Point
Cornwall, England ยท Atlas EN4305
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4305 (4305)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Cornwall
- Historic county
- Cornwall
- Parish, community, or townland
- Carlyon
- National Grid reference
- SX0598 5226
- Latitude
- 50.33789
- Longitude
- -4.72778
- Altitude
- 15 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- coastal grassland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Cornwall and Scilly MCO56592
- National record
- record SX 05 5SE
- Wikidata
- Q31114586
Sources
References
- Taylor, S. 2003. Carlyon Bay Archaeological Assessment, 5, Unpublished report Cornwall Council.