<< Our Photo Pages >> Dinas Head (Trevose) - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Cornwall
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinas Head (Trevose)Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Padstow Nearest Village: St Merryn
Map Ref: SW84987621
Latitude: 50.546022N Longitude: 5.036314W
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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Although there is no obvious sign on top of the promontary of any defensive ramparts across the neck, it has to be said that the ground is worn flat to the bare rock here, with no soil or ground cover at all, no doubt its all been washed away during past storms where the waves will have probably washed right over the top of the headland taking all the soil etc with them. Looking at various photos since my visit, and at the edges of the promontary neck, it would appear that there are indeed two parallel scrapes running across the headland and down the sides towards the sea, perhaps once the bottom of ditches cut into the bedrock.
What a lovely place this is out here on a sunny day with the waves crashing in all around on this most spectacular part of the coast, the lighthouse to the northeast, and the surf and sands of Boobies and Constantine Bays to the southwest.
Note: Not knowingly recognised as a promontary fort, I have often wondered and thought it should be. This year I visited and noted that the way onto the headland was bare - devoid of all loose rock and soil with which any defensive ramparts would be made - at the narrowest part. Could this be due to storms and large waves crashing over the headland washing it clean? Well, now we know that could be the case, with pictures showing waves of storm Hercules crashing onto and over the headland.
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