Round called Castle Goff

Castle Goff is a small circular enclosure about 2.4 kilometres south-west of Camelford in Cornwall. It stands on the southern edge of a ridge between two tributaries of the River Allen. The site is a scheduled monument, recognised for its historical importance. It belongs to a type called a ‘round’, common in Cornwall, dating from the late Iron Age to the early post-Roman period. The enclosure has a diameter of about 60 metres, surrounded by a rampart rising 1.8 metres above the interior. The rampart stands 3.5 metres above an external ditch that is roughly 8 metres wide and 0.8 metres deep. The original western entrance is now blocked, but a causeway leads to an annexe to the west. This annexe measures about 106 metres from north to south and has its own rampart and outer ditch. Another nearby round, Delinuth Camp, lies about 400 metres to the north-west. Visitors find a quiet grassy mound with clear earthworks marking the enclosure’s edges. The ramparts and ditches remain well defined despite centuries of use as a field boundary. The site offers views across the surrounding countryside and the valley of the River Allen. It is a place where the landscape still bears the shape of its ancient past.