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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bosigran Castle
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Penzance Nearest Village: Morvah
Map Ref: SW41693688
Latitude: 50.175510N Longitude: 5.619163W
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

3 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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4 Access:

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
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3 Accuracy:

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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**Bosigran Castle** submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Castle, The Northern seaward part of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

A simple cliff castle or promontory fort (Iron Age) on a headland consisting of a prominent granite outcrop with steep cliffs forming some of the sides. A wall has been built across the promontory linking the cliffs to fortify or enclose it. There are no traces of any ditches as a defence or any evidence for occupation within the enclosed area. The wall is around 100 metres long, its construction and the size of the wall vary along its length - suggesting later alterations.

The wall stands up to to a height of 1.5metres and up to 4metres thick. Some sections of the wall are drystone backed with rubble inside, other sections are just large stones placed in line.

The cliffs that defend this headland/cliff castle are now popular with rock climbers. The site is in the care of the National Trust.
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