Castle Goff

Castle Goff is a Cornish "round" -- a small circular embanked enclosure dating from the late Iron Age to the early post-Roman period -- located about 2.4 km south-west of Camelford. The enclosure measures approximately 60 metres in diameter, with a rampart standing 1.8 metres above the interior and 3.5 metres above the external ditch, which is 8 metres wide. An original western entrance, now blocked, leads via a causeway to a later annexe extending 106 metres north to south with its own rampart and outer ditch. Rounds are the most common type of Iron Age defended settlement in Cornwall, typically featuring a single entrance and serving as enclosed farmsteads.