Kemijack

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are earthwork remains

NameKemijack
Alternative NamesKenidjack; Karnjek
Historic CountryCornwall
Modern AuthorityCornwall
1974 AuthorityCornwall
Civil ParishSt Just

Kemijack is a castle listed by Harvey as known to exist but with no remains. (Kin g 1983)

Gatehouse Comments

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.' Harvey presumably quoting for earlier authors probably ultimately Borlase.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSW354326
Latitude50.1344909667969
Longitude-5.70296001434326
Eastings135450
Northings32630
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Books

  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Cornish, J.B., 1906, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Cornwall Vol. 1 p. 453, 460 online copy
  • Lysons, D. and S., 1814, Magna Britannia Vol. 3 Cornwall online transcription
  • Borlase, William, 1769, The Antiquities of Cornwall (Reprinted 1973, printed in 1769 by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, London. (First ed. published in 1754 under title: Observations on the antiquities of Cornwall )