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THE GATEHOUSE
The comprehensive gazetteer of the
medieval fortifications and castles of Cornwall
Tredine
Also known
as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Treryn Dinas; Treen Dinas; Giant's Castle
In the
civil parish of St Levan.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern
Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of
Cornwall).
Included
by Thompson in his list of castles mentioned by Leland quoted as
'ruins…manifesta adhuc exstant vestigia' This appears to be a
reference to the large Iron Age promontory hillfort Treryn Dinas.
This site
has been described as a Timber Castle.
Timber Castle :These are the earthwork and timber castles of
the motte and bailey or ringwork form which where the vast majority of
castles of the early conquest period, of the Marches in the 11th and
12th centuries and of the period during the reign of Stephen known as
the Anarchy. They were generally fairly short lived, although some
such castles survived for centuries, with the timber buildings and
defences being replaced on occasions sometimes in timber and sometimes
in Masonry (Alderton Castle in Northamptonshire was shown in a Time
Team excavation to have been built about 1070 and to still have been
having high status visitors in the C15-a fine piece of enamels horse
harness being found in the gatehouse). Some of the smaller low mottes
may have been adapted into moated manor houses, whilst others where
abandoned and replaced by manor houses of a more comfortable and
domestic nature. Timber castles varied greatly in size with some being
massive constructions clearly deserving the term castle, whilst other
were small mounds of minor knights and had a similar size, function
and social status as the later pele towers. These small mottes are
called 'castle' but this could be considered a rather loose use of the
term.
This
site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace.
The
Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SW39762180
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