Castle Dore
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Castle Dore is an Iron Age and early mediaeval hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548.
[edit] Description and History
It consists of circular bank and ditch enclosure with a second enclosure nearby thought to have been an animal corral. Excavation between 1936 and 1937 indicated that it was first occupied between the fourth and first centuries BC with the defences been remodelled around 50BC. It was abandoned during the Roman period but reoccupied in the sixth century AD when a large hall measuring 27m by 12m was built.
In tradition Castle Dore is the seat of the legendary Dark Age King Mark and is featured as such in the film Tristan & Isolde.
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