Prideaux Castle

Prideaux Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated atop a 133 m (435 ft) high conical hill near the southern boundary of the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall, England [1]. It is also sometimes referred to as Prideaux Warren, Prideaux War-Ring, or Prideaux Hillfort [1]. The remains of the first and second circular ramparts are quite distinct, although overgrown with trees on the north and east sides [1]. They appear to be constructed of earth and rubble [1]. The third rampart is only fragmentarily represented, but easily traced, due to the vegetation [1]. A fourth, outermost wall is discerned on aerial photographs [1]. Without datable artifacts, the hillfort is nonetheless assigned to the Iron Age of pre-Roman Britain on the basis of its general form [1]. Because the enclosed area is less than 1 ha, it would be classified as a "small multivallate hillfort" [1].