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<< Text Pages >> Froxton Wood Castle - Hillfort in England in Cornwall

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Froxton Wood Castle
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Holsworthy  Nearest Village: Whitstone
Map Ref: SX2543099705
Latitude: 50.770594N  Longitude: 4.477089W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
1

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Hillfort in Cornwall

The monument includes a round, situated on a south west facing slope of a ridge overlooking the valley of a tributary to the river Neet. On the opposite side to Hilton Wood Castle it’s twin.

It is a scheduled monument, list entry number 1005448
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