Kemijack

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Kenidjack; Karnjek

In the civil parish of St Just.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Kemijack is a castle listed by Harvey as known to exist but with no remains. There is a Kenidjack Castle which is various described as a Neolithic site, a Bronze Age settlement and an Iron Age fort. PastScape report is 'The earthwork remains of an Iron Age cliff castle or hillfort. The monument has three ramparts and ditches on the north east side and two on the south west side. The interior contains some hollows which may be hut circles or evidence of quarrying.'

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
This site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SW35453263

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 421757

Books

Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Page, Wm (ed), 1906, VCH Cornwall Vol1 p453, 460
Lysons, D. and S., 1814, Magna Britannia Vol3 Cornwall [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=403]

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