Archaeological sites · South West England
Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
In or near Lamorna.
Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn — archaeological site in Cornwall, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Penzance · 6.0 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system, the nearest railway station is Penzance, located 6 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is TR19 6NX, and entry is free.
About
Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn is an archaeological site in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "archaeological site in Cornwall, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.0741°, -5.5687°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Castallack Round or Roundago is a prehistoric site near Castallack in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument. A "round" is a small circular embanked enclosure, with one entrance; they are common in Cornwall, and they date from the late Iron Age to the early post-Roman period.
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Background
Description
The site is near the summit of a ridge overlooking the Lamorna valley. Part of the rampart survives; it is composed of large stones and slabs, height about 1.6 m and width 1.8 m, forming an oval enclosure. There was originally a surrounding ditch. On the tithe map of 1840, the round is depicted as having a colonnade of stones leading from the entrance in the south to an inner circular enclosure; John Thomas Blight, describing it in 1865, found that these features had mostly disappeared. To the north-west of the round there are thick stone walls, height up to 0.9 m: the remains of a structure with an internal diameter of about 7.5 m. This is interpreted as a courtyard house, a type of…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.0741, -5.5687
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul
- Postcode
- TR19 6NX
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Nearest railway station
- Penzance — 6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17642717 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Castallack Round (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Round at Castallack Round - geograph.org.uk - 974875.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn?
- Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR19 6NX), in the parish of St. Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.
- What is Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn?
- Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn — archaeological site in Cornwall, England, UK.
- How do I get to Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn?
- The nearest railway station is Penzance, about 6.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode TR19 6NX.
- Is Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn a listed building?
- Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn a protected site?
- Yes — Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn free to visit?
- Yes, Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn is free to enter.
- How do I get to Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn?
- The nearest railway station is Penzance, about 6.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR19 6NX.