Largin Castle

Largin Castle is a contour hillfort and scheduled monument in Cornwall, England, presumed to date from the Iron Age.

Largin Castle is situated approximately 4.5 km west of Dobwalls, on a hill spur above the north-facing southern slope of the Fowey valley, at an elevation of 130 meter above sea level. It is described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as having a complex shape occupying an area of 1.8 ha. The hillfort has an outer rampart and ditch enclosure with an entrance at its south. Within this, a smaller inner oval enclosure, also defined by ramparts and ditch, is offset to the north and occupies some 3/4 of the interior. To the north and east of the hillfort, the valley drops away steeply to the Fowey and to a tributary stream, both at circa 50 meter elevation; to the south-west the land rises slowly to a local maximum of 193 meter at a distance of 690 meter. A linear earthwork thought to be associated with the hillfort is found at the south-west, at the 190 meter contour, running for approximately 850 meter first due north, and then north-north-west.

The castle enclosure is overgrown by an ancient oak woodland; coniferous planting surrounds the site. The Atlas of Hillforts specifies the condition of the site as good.

Largin Castle was listed as a Scheduled Monument in June 2020.