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Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was possibly re-occupied to protect the nearby tin mines. It stands beside a prehistoric trackway that was formerly known as the Old St Ives Road and the Tinners’ Way.The name Chûn derives from Cornish: Chi an Woon (‘the house on the downs’). The area is now sometimes known as Chûn Downs. Nearby is Chûn Quoit.

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  • Chûn Castle ist ein Hillfort aus der Eisenzeit und befindet sich in der Grafschaft Cornwall in England. Eine Besiedlung der Anlage erfolgte im Wesentlichen vom dritten Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum ersten Jahrhundert n. Chr. Eine Wiederbesiedlung hat wahrscheinlich im 5. und 6. Jh. n. Chr. stattgefunden. Chûn Castle nimmt eine zentrale Position innerhalb von acht nachweisbaren Anlagen im Westen von Penwith ein, von denen jede auf einem gut zu verteidigenden Hügel gelegen ist. (de)
  • Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was possibly re-occupied to protect the nearby tin mines. It stands beside a prehistoric trackway that was formerly known as the Old St Ives Road and the Tinners’ Way.The name Chûn derives from Cornish: Chi an Woon (‘the house on the downs’). The area is now sometimes known as Chûn Downs. Nearby is Chûn Quoit. (en)
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  • Entrance to Chûn Castle (en)
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  • November 2020 (en)
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  • Cornwall (en)
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  • Chûn Castle (en)
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  • How does it overlook the ″only land route to this peninsula″? It is well within the peninsula and what land route? (en)
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  • Chûn Castle ist ein Hillfort aus der Eisenzeit und befindet sich in der Grafschaft Cornwall in England. Eine Besiedlung der Anlage erfolgte im Wesentlichen vom dritten Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum ersten Jahrhundert n. Chr. Eine Wiederbesiedlung hat wahrscheinlich im 5. und 6. Jh. n. Chr. stattgefunden. Chûn Castle nimmt eine zentrale Position innerhalb von acht nachweisbaren Anlagen im Westen von Penwith ein, von denen jede auf einem gut zu verteidigenden Hügel gelegen ist. (de)
  • Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was possibly re-occupied to protect the nearby tin mines. It stands beside a prehistoric trackway that was formerly known as the Old St Ives Road and the Tinners’ Way.The name Chûn derives from Cornish: Chi an Woon (‘the house on the downs’). The area is now sometimes known as Chûn Downs. Nearby is Chûn Quoit. (en)
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  • Chûn Castle (en)
  • Chûn Castle (de)
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