Castle Dore, Par

Name: Castle Dore
Address: Par, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Par

Forts and castles

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Castle Dore is an Iron Age hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC. It consists of two ditches surrounding a circular area 79 metres in diameter. Excavated in the 1930s, it is one of the most intensively investigated Iron Age hillforts in Cornwall. ()

Coordinates: 50°21'46"N, 4°40'4"W

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Castle Dore – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eden Project, St Catherine's Castle, Tregaminion Church, St Sampson's Church.

3.4 miW
Iconic eco park with educational centre
Eden Project, Par
86 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Cornwall, the Eden Project is a captivating botanical garden located in the quaint town of Bodelva, near Par, United Kingdom. This unique conservation project has transformed a reclaimed china clay pit into a sprawling eco-paradise, home...
2.6 miSE
Forts and castles
St Catherine's Castle, Fowey
66 min walk • St Catherine's Castle is a Henrician castle in Cornwall, England, built by Thomas Treffry between approximately 1538 and 1540, in response to fears of an invasion of England by France and the Holy Roman Empire.
1.9 miS
Church
Tregaminion Church, Par
48 min walk • Tregaminion Church is a Church of England church in Tregaminion, Cornwall, England, UK. The church dates to the early 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building.
1.1 miE
Church
St Sampson's Church, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
28 min walk • St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol.
2.3 miSE
Museum, Vernacular architecture
Place House, Fowey
59 min walk • Place House is a Grade I listed building located in Fowey, Cornwall, England. Home of the Treffry family since the thirteenth century, the original structure was a fifteenth-century tower, which was defended against the French in 1475 by Elizabeth Treffry.
1.3 miSE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Boat or ferry
Sawmills Studios, Fowey
34 min walk • Sawmills Studios, founded in 1974 by record producer Tony Cox, is a recording studio near Golant on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall. The studio building is located on its own tidal creek on the banks of the Fowey. Sawmills was one of the first residential recording facilities in the UK.
3.3 miW
Park
Tregrehan House, Par
85 min walk • Tregrehan is a country house near St. Blazey, Cornwall, designed by George Wightwick. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Late Georgian.. granite.. Ionic colonnade", "a pretty little lodge".
2.8 miW
Forts and castles
Prideaux Castle, Par
72 min walk • Prideaux Castle is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort situated atop a 133 m high conical hill near the southern boundary of the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
2.8 miSE
50°19'40"N • 4°38'5"W
Polruan Ferry, Fowey
72 min walk • Boat or ferry, Transport, City hall
3.1 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel
79 min walk • St Bartholomew's Church is a parish church of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
3.3 miW
Archaeological site
Treffry Viaduct, Par
86 min walk • The Treffry Viaduct is a historic dual-purpose railway viaduct and aqueduct located close to the village of Luxulyan, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The viaduct crosses the Luxulyan Valley, and with it forms an integral part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site.