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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gurnard's Head - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Cornwall

Submitted by JimChampion on Friday, 13 May 2005  Page Views: 29864

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Gurnard's Head Alternative Name: Trereen Dinas
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: Zennor
Map Ref: SW432386
Latitude: 50.191605N  Longitude: 5.599221W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
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
3

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Gurnard's Head
Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall

An Iron Age cliff castle/promontory fort is located on the northern coast of the Penwith peninsula, between St Ives and St Just.

Note: Not to be confused with the similarly named Treryn Dinas cliff castle (near a different hamlet called Treen) on the southern coast of the Penwith peninsula near Porthcurno.
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Gurnard's Head
Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gurnard's Head submitted by ocifant : The Trereen Dinas promontory hillfort, taken from the SouthEast. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head from the South-East (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head from the South-West (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head from Boswednack Cliff

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head from the East

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Defences and the main living area on the Eastern side

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, The Defences looking North

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Looking up the biggest ditch

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Looking North on the Eastern side at the main living area

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Looking though outcrops at the main living area

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Northern End

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Looking down on the main Eastern side occupation area, This area has by far the most hut sites

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, The Beautiful South West View

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, A truely wonderful place

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Whole Site

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Outcrops and the Sun

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Western Side

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Beautiful Place

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Near the top

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Hut site at the Northern end of the fort, This person/family clearly didn't want to live near everyone else!

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head Rocks

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, The green grassy patch in the center of the photo is the main occupation area

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Gurnard's Head submitted by Bladup : Gurnard's Head, Outcrops

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