<< Our Photo Pages >> Penhale Point Cliff Castle - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Cornwall
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Penhale Point Cliff CastleCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Map Ref: SW758591
Latitude: 50.388936N Longitude: 5.155429W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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lucasn visited on 20th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
The broken nature of the remaining ditch at the site suggests a causewayed enclosure as much as an Iron age fort. In the 1983 excavations Neolithic flints were found which adds a bit of weight to the Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure idea, later used in the iron age as a cliff castle/fort.
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