Castle Dore
Castle Dore — or Castle Dôr — is an Iron Age hill fort near Golant in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ruddon” and “Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Par Railway Station and St Sampson’s Church.
Par Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Par railway station serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains down the line from London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Par Railway Station is situated 1½ miles west of Castle Dore.
St Sampson’s Church
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. St Sampson’s Church is situated 1 mile east of Castle Dore.
St Winnow’s Church, St Winnow
Church
Photo: Keithpoole, Public domain.
St Winnow's Church, St Winnow is a Grade I listed parish church in St Winnow, Cornwall, England. The present building dates primarily from the 15th century, incorporating earlier Norman fabric, and includes a west tower and south aisle added in the later Middle Ages. St Winnow’s Church, St Winnow is situated 1½ miles northeast of Castle Dore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Treesmill and Golant.
Treesmill
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Treesmill is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile east of St Blazey.
Golant
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Golant is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the west bank of the River Fowey and in the civil parish of St Sampson. Golant is about two miles north of Fowey and seven miles east of St Austell.
Tywardreath
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tywardreath is a small hilltop village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about 3 miles north west of Fowey. It is located in a sheltered spot overlooking a silted-up estuary opposite Par and near the beach of Par Sands.
Castle Dore
- Categories: partial contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: St Sampson, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3627° or 50° 21′ 46″ northLongitude
-4.6678° or 4° 40′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2Q987J+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 164573975OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=embankmentWikidata ID
Q5050057
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In Other Languages
From Cornish to Turkish—“Castle Dore” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Kastel Dor”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Dore”
- Turkish: “Dore Kalesi”
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