<< Our Photo Pages >> Black Head - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Cornwall
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Black HeadCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: St Austell Nearest Village: Trenarren
Map Ref: SX039480
Latitude: 50.299275N Longitude: 4.754858W
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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Negrounder visited on 14th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Classic promontory fort. Takes advantage of a very narrow neck across which the earthworks are built. Said to be 3 earth banks, with ditches on their northern (landward) side. I could only discern two banks and two ditches - the northernmost one is said to be slight, and was not easily found under bracken.
The middle and southern ramparts and ditches are impressive. My estimate was up to 5m elevation of rampart, and 2-3m max depth of ditch. A very neat example in pretty good condition and only obviously threatened by bracken.
lucasn visited on 16th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3
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