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<< Our Photo Pages >> Penhale Point Cliff Castle - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 22 April 2014  Page Views: 4852

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle

Map Ref: SW758591
Latitude: 50.388936N  Longitude: 5.155429W
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.
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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4 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
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Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle viewed from Ligger point and it's barrows. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The earthwork remains of a late Iron Age cliff castle, comprising a bivallate earthwork across the neck of a promontory. Just inside the bank and [broken] ditch is a 15m hut/cairn circle.

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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Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Antonine : Penhale Point taken from Perranporth in 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle from the south (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : The inner defences at Penhale Point Cliff Castle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : The northern defences at Penhale Point Cliff Castle with Holywell bay and beach and Kelsey Head in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Bank and ditch at Penhale Point Cliff Castle with Gull rocks in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle from Holywell beach

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Bank and ditch at Penhale Point Cliff Castle with Holywell bay and beach in the background

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle small circle

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle large circle

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Defences at Penhale Point Cliff Castle with Holywell beach and bay with Kelsey Head and its own cliff castle behind

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle from Holywell Beach

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point with its Cliff Castle from Kelsey Head

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : The southern side to the defence's at Penhale Point Cliff Castle.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Part of the bank of the 15m hut/ringcairn at Penhale Point Cliff Castle.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Looking at the cliff side of Penhale Point Cliff Castle.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : The end of Penhale Point Cliff Castle with Gull rocks beyond.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Part of the 15m hut/ringcairn at Penhale Point Cliff Castle, in the background is Holywell bay.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : The bank and ditch at Penhale Point Cliff Castle, in the background is Holywell bay and Kelsey head cliff castle.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : One of the segmented ditches at Penhale Point Cliff Castle, In the background is Holywell bay and Kelsey head cliff castle.

Penhale Point Cliff Castle
Penhale Point Cliff Castle submitted by Bladup : Penhale Point Cliff Castle from Holywell beach.

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 1.1km S 172° Ligger Point Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW759580)
 1.2km NE 40° Holywell Bay* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW76636002)
 1.5km E 95° Trevornick Farm* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW7733958890)
 1.8km NNE 20° Kelsey Head* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SW765608)
 2.3km E 79° Cubert Common Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (SW78055943)
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 3.0km SSE 149° St Piran's Cross* Ancient Cross (SW7722156450)
 3.1km ESE 113° Cubert.* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SW786578)
 3.4km ENE 65° Crantock* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW789604)
 3.4km NE 40° East Pentire Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SW781616)
 3.5km ENE 60° St Ambrusca's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW789607)
 4.2km ESE 112° Cubert Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW796574)
 5.1km SSE 153° Piran's Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW779545)
 5.2km SE 133° Twelve barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW794554)
 5.3km ENE 73° Treringey Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW810604)
 6.8km ENE 61° Barrowfields* Barrow Cemetery (SW819622)
 7.0km SSE 158° Caer Kief* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW782525)
 7.2km SSE 162° Caer Dane* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW777522)
 7.8km ENE 57° Trevelgue* Barrow Cemetery (SW825631)
 7.8km ENE 57° Trevelgue Head* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SW82506310)
 8.8km NE 56° Zachry's Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW83356371)
 9.1km SSW 202° St Agnes Cornish Cross* Ancient Cross (SW720508)
 9.3km ENE 70° Rialton Manor* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW847619)
 10.0km SSW 206° St Agnes Beacon* Barrow Cemetery (SW710503)
 10.1km SSW 212° New Downs* Stone Circle (SW701507)
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