Chûn Castle

United Kingdom / England / Saint Just /
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Chûn Castle is small Iron Age hillfort about 280ft in diameter, and its stone walls are up to 9 ft high. In 1925 several small smelting pits were discovered here, and one contained a piece of slag which proved to be tin. This suggests that the Cornish tin industry has been in existence for at least 2000 years. The fort is encircled by a double dry stone rampart of granite with external ditches. Situated just west of the Iron Age hill fort are the remains of an ancient burial chamber dating to the New Stone Age.
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Coordinates:   50°8'55"N   5°38'1"W
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