Crane Castle

Open accesson National Trust land that is open on foot at all times

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Crane Castle is one of 17 promontory forts the Albion Guide maps in Cornwall. It sits inside Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape. For more of the same, The Giant's Quoit and Nine Maidens, Carthew are close by. Camborne Station is 4.5 km away to the south.

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