Padderbury Top

Padderbury Top is a hillfort about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Menheniot, in Cornwall, England, named after the hill on which it is situated [1]. It is a scheduled monument [1]. The enclosure is roughly circular [1]. The diameter of the interior, which has been ploughed, is about 80 yards (73 m) [1]. There is one surviving rampart, 2–3 feet (0.61–0.91 m) above the interior, and 10 feet (3.0 m) externally [1]. There are entrances on the west and east sides [1]. The rampart is surrounded by a belt of flat ground about 60 feet (18 m) wide and about 3 feet (0.91 m) high: aerial photographs show that this area was originally outer defences, since reduced by ploughing [1].