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Photo Pages: Castle Dore - Hillfort in England in Cornwall

Submitted by mikeaitch on Wednesday, 12 May 2004 Page Views: 6278

Site Name: Castle Dore
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Fowey Nearest Village: Torfrey
Map Ref: SX103548 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.362457N Longitude: 4.66852W
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Castle Dore submitted by mikeaitch

Small iron Age hill fort re occupied in the 5th-8th centuries. Traces of a wooden hall associated with King Mark of Arthurian legend and the father or uncle of Tristam (see Tristam Stone)

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Eastern Entrance (Tricky lighting conditions with Sun directly behind ramparts)

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Info Plaque on W Side reads: These earthworks, 225ft in diameter, enclosed a village dating from the 3rd to 1st centuries B.C. In the 6th century A.D. they surrounded the wooden hall of King Mark of Cornwall, who figures in the story of Tristan and Iseult and who is named on the stone found near here and now at the Four Turnings, Fowey. On 31st August 1644, the site was held by Parliamentary fo

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Entrance gate from the roadside on the West of the site.
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Re: Castle Dore (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, 24 January 2003

I live in Tywardreath just a mile away and often visit it whilst walking the dog. The Tristan Stone which now stands by the roadside into Fowey (3 miles distance) was originally at the Castle Dore site and legend has it that when it was excavated that they found two sets of skeletons in an embrace. This hillfort was also the scene of a civil war battle on 31st Aug 1644. when the Kings men defeated the Parliamentarians under the Earl of Essex

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Re: Castle Dore (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 04 January 2010

hi, have tried to visit and have found it too be on private land ,is there a specific way to access the monument?

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Re: Castle Dore (Score: 1)
by MikeAitch on Thursday, 18 March 2010
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Condition:3
Ambience:4
Access:4
Accuracy:4

I was in the local area and paid an unplanned visit to this site last week, from my OS map I was expecting to see just another ploughed out Cornish Iron Age round/defensive settlement - Castle Dore proved to be anything but! Wonderful site with clearly defined banks and ditches with commanding views over the coast and countryside.

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Re: Castle Dore (Score: 1)
by MikeAitch on Friday, 19 March 2010
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Entrance to site from roadside.

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Re: Castle Dore (Score: 1)
by stevemc on Sunday, 28 March 2010
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hi ,I would be most grateful if u could forward me any pictures or drawings you may have ,that replicates how these hillforts may have looked in their heyday! thanks.

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