Padderbury Top Explained

Padderbury Top
Map Type:Cornwall
Location:Near Menheniot, Cornwall
Coordinates:50.425°N -4.375°W
Gbgridref:SX 314 610
Diameter:80yd
Designation1:Scheduled monument
Designation1 Number:107297
Designation1 Date:17 March 1977

Padderbury Top is a hillfort about 2miles south-east of Menheniot, in Cornwall, England, named after the hill on which it is situated. It is a scheduled monument.

Description

It is classed as a "defended settlement", being relatively small.

The enclosure is roughly circular. The diameter of the interior, which has been ploughed, is about 80yd. There is one surviving rampart, 2feet–3feetft (–ft) above the interior, and 10feet externally. There are entrances on the west and east sides.

The rampart is surrounded by a belt of flat ground about 60feet wide and about 3feet high: aerial photographs show that this area was originally outer defences, since reduced by ploughing.