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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kelsey Head - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Thorgrim on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 11490

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Kelsey Head
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 11.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Newquay  Nearest Village: Cubert
Map Ref: SW765608  Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.404468N  Longitude: 5.146609W
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
4

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Kelsey Head
Kelsey Head submitted by Thorgrim : An Iron Age cliff castle on a very exposed site near Newquay (Vote or comment on this photo)
Settlement and cliff fort high on exposed cliffs between Holywell Bay and Newquay
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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head from the South West, Looking over Holywell bay (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head Fort from the South (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head Fort, The original causeway into the fort in the middle of the straight section on the East side (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head Fort, Where the defences hit the sea cliff at the West (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort, The curved defences here at the South look like part of a ditched barrow (It's not a barrow though) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort interior and possible hut site

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head Fort, Defences on the West side

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head from Holywell beach

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Looking South West over the tumuli at SW768601 towards Penhale Point Headland Fort

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : The low mound of the tumuli at SW768601

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : From the tumuli at SW764602 is a lovely view of the lovely Holywell Bay and beach

Kelsey Head
Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Looking over the tumuli at SW764602, In the background to the South West is Penhale Point headland fort

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Looking over the almost flat tumuli at SW765605 to the fort in the background, Dinas head on Trevose Head is in the background on the right

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head, The straight Eastern section of the defences

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head, East side looking North East

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head, Eastern Side

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head from the East, Looking over Porth Joke

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort - looking at the impressive fort from the south.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort - where the bank and ditch meet the cliffs at the west.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort. The ditches here seem very segmented, more like a Neolithic causewayed enclosure than an Iron Age fort.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : The barrow on Kelsey Head at SW764602.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort - the bank and ditch looking towards Pentire.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : Kelsey Head fort - the bank and ditch looking North out to sea.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : The bank and ditch of Kelsey Head fort looking South West towards Gull rocks.

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Kelsey Head submitted by Bladup : This outcrop as seen from the end of the fort is called The Chick and seemed to be part of and/or important to the fort - maybe for the stone/ore or the birds and their eggs.

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