Penventinnie Round
Penventinnie Round is a ring fort (Cornish: Round ; Irish called Rath ) with the National Monument number 29614 in Penventinnie near Threemilestone, north of Truro in Cornwall in England .
description
The ring fort consists of an oval prehistoric enclosure with an inner wall and a wide outer moat. The north-east-south-west oriented oval measures 85 × 60 m inside and is surrounded by an approximately 8.0 m wide and 2.0 m high earth wall. The former entrance on the northeast side has been supplemented by a newer entrance on the southwest side. Around the wall there is a ditch about 3.5 m wide and 1.8 m deep on the north side, which is far less recognizable on the south side due to colluvial entries. The ring fort has the natural obstacles of the Kenwyn River and its tributaries on three sides, the open side is in the southwest.
context
During the Iron Age , from around 400 BC. Groups of round houses and outbuildings appeared, which were enclosed by a wall and moat (sometimes by two - “Bury Castle” - or more). The enclosures are usually smaller than one hectare. You have a simple entrance area through a gap in the wall and ditch. Many are round or oval, but rectangular ones are also common. The area around Penventinnie includes other, largely simultaneous ring forts. These include Higher Besore, Polstain and Threemilestone in the southwest and Carvinack in the northwest. The hill fort of Bosvisack is located on a hill about 1.0 km to the west.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '22.8 " N , 5 ° 5' 50.9" W.