<< Our Photo Pages >> Castilly Henge - Henge in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Castilly HengeCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.232 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Bodmin Nearest Village: Lockengate
Map Ref: SX03116274 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.431417N Longitude: 4.77365W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Despite its roadside position it’s surprisingly quite peaceful and sheltered once you enter the henge through the original North entrance. The smaller Southern entrance is believed to have been added much later and looks very difficult to access.
Archaeologists investigated the surrounding area when the new Innis Downs road junction was due to be built, however no prehistoric archaeology was found. Impact of the new junction was reduced by building the road in a cutting.
In more recent history Castilly may have been used for defence during the civil war. The site was also recorded by William Borlase in the mid 18th century as being used as a Plain an Gwarry. The current farmer has kindly left his own offering/mark in the form of a rusting hulk of machinery in the centre.
Historic Cornwall’s Flying Through Cornwall’s Past has an excellent clickable aerial photo of Castilly Henge, with some more info & aerial photos of the few other known or suspected Cornish henge’s here.
Note: Previously unknown stone circle (or circle of pits in any case) found inside this Neolithic henge in Cornwall, details in the comments on our page
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