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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Tubby´s Head
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 10.809 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
 Nearest Village: St Agnes
Map Ref: SW698505
Latitude: 50.309399N  Longitude: 5.234441W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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TheCaptain visited on 5th Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 A walk along the coast path from Chapel Porth around St Agnes Head to Trevaunance Cove, meeting up with family for lunch at Schooners bar. A lovely walk with lots of old mine remains, from where we can see Tubby's Head jutting out into the ocean below, just about able to make out some of the defensive ramparts.

Couplands saw from a distance on 28th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 5 Access: 2

lucasn visited on 30th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 4 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 1 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 2.67

Tubby´s Head
Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head (mid distance) from the South (Vote or comment on this photo)
Iron Age coastal promontory fort cut off from the mainland by approximately 20 metres of bank 2.3 metres wide and 0.9 metres high and ditch 3 metres wide with a causewayed entrance near its northern end.

Alternatively, it is suggested to be a defended landing point, as a flat expanse of rock near the waterline could have provided a suitable natural quay.
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Tubby´s Head
Tubby´s Head submitted by Antonine : Tubby’s head has a 20m long bank and ditch, once part of an ancient cliff castle dating between the second century BC and the first century AD. The site would have covered an area of about 0.45ha. Occupation was evident due to the presence of a shell midden. Two hut circles were located in 1985. The photo was taken in 2010. Tubby’s Head is on the left with Wheal Coates in the foreground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tubby´s Head submitted by TheCaptain : Walking along the coastal path, can jus see Tubby's Head jutting out into the ocean below, and make out some of the defensive ramparts. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head Northern ditch (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head Fort (3 comments)

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : looking inland from Tubby's Head fort

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head fort

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head Southern ditch

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : The beautiful view North from the fort

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Looking down on small Tubby's Head

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head, The seaward end, I think here at Tubby's Head they were defending from the sea and the whole of St Angus headland was one big promontory fort, with Bolster bank it's eastern land defences

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Outcrops on Tubby's Head looking South

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head defences

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head, Looking inland over the forts defences from the outcrops closest to the sea

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head defences, I think they were actually defending from the Sea here, If Bolster Bank is this headlands massive Eastern Defences (defending from the land), This little fort is the headlands Western defences (defending from the sea), If i'm right this would make St Angus headland one of the biggest promontory forts in the country, which is ironic really as Tubby's head fort is so small!

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Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup : Tubby's Head Fort from the North

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