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Promontory Forts
234 sites recorded, with photos, maps and visitor reports
A defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land. Most date to the Iron Age 
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Castell Henllys . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by Andy B on Sunday, 09 September 2018
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Roughting Linn Hillfort . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Northumberland
Posted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Brackenbury Ditches . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Gloucestershire
Posted by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 27 December 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Cullykhan . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Aberdeenshire
Posted by tyrianterror on Monday, 25 June 2007
Condition: 3, Ambience: 2, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Trevelgue Head . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by AngieLake on Saturday, 22 June 2024
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Hengistbury Head . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Dorset
Posted by AngieLake on Friday, 02 September 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Eaton Camp . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Herefordshire
Posted by elensentier on Saturday, 06 August 2011
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Dinas Head (Trevose) . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by theCaptain on Thursday, 09 January 2014
Condition: 2, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
The Landberg . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Shetland
Posted by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 25 January 2015
Condition: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Tintagel Cliff Castle . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by Bladup on Monday, 09 September 2013
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Conderton Camp . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Worcestershire
Posted by HarryTwenty on Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Treryn Dinas . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by JimChampion on Thursday, 15 February 2024
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Maen Castle . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by JimChampion on Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Flimston Castle . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by vicky on Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Dunnotar Castle . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Aberdeenshire
Posted by Postman on Sunday, 27 August 2017
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Hobbyhorse Bay . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by PAB on Sunday, 18 May 2003
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 2, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Maiden Castle (Durham) . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in County Durham
Posted by vicky on Tuesday, 30 December 2003
Condition: 2, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Borgarvirki . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Posted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 16 April 2010
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Rosemullion Head . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by lucasn on Monday, 11 November 2019
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Burton Point . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cheshire
Posted by andcampbell on Friday, 16 September 2022
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Porth-y-Rhaw . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by pattersa on Saturday, 16 July 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Nash Point . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in South Glamorgan
Posted by vicky on Wednesday, 25 February 2004
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Koenigswall . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Brandenburg, Berlin
Posted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 16 April 2010
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Barsalloch . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 03 April 2022
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Brough of Deerness . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Orkney
Posted by howar on Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 1, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Buckspool Down Camp . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by Horatio on Sunday, 15 March 2026
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Carn Lês Boel . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by JimChampion on Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Condition: 2, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Castle Feather . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Andy B on Monday, 30 August 2010
Condition: 2, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Tower of Oinoe . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Central Greece
Posted by Antonios on Monday, 05 May 2008
Condition: 2, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Coed Gibraltar . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Powys
Posted by geoffstickland on Monday, 08 June 2020
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Kenidjack Cliff Castle . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by melinki on Tuesday, 09 December 2008
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Spital Meend . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Gloucestershire
Posted by coldrum on Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Solva Gribin Fort . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by pab on Sunday, 15 July 2007
Condition: 2, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Eski Kermen . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Posted by ivanjohnson on Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Other Pic)
Pordenack Point . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 04 June 2011
Condition: 1, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Gurnard's Head . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by JimChampion on Friday, 13 May 2005
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Mur Païen . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Alsace-Lorraine:Bas-Rhin (67)
Posted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 April 2005
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Soudley Camp . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Gloucestershire
Posted by 4clydesdale7 on Saturday, 01 October 2011
Condition: 3, Ambience: 2, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Round Wood . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Cornwall
Posted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 14 April 2012
Condition: 2, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Mowingword Promontory Enclosure . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire
Posted by Andy B on Tuesday, 21 May 2019
Condition: 1, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Cockit Hill . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Powys
Posted by h_fenton on Sunday, 08 August 2010
Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Grodzisko Zembrzyce . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Malopolskie
Posted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Burwalls Camp . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Somerset
Posted by TheCaptain on Friday, 19 August 2011
Condition: 2, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Camp du Castel . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Normandie:Manche (50)
Posted by theCaptain on Sunday, 16 October 2011
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Burg Altdahn . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Rhineland-Palatinate
Posted by IndianaStones on Thursday, 29 August 2013
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Chillerton Fort . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Isle of Wight
Posted by cliffrich on Monday, 06 January 2020
Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Fort Dinas, Porth Ruffydd . Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
Posted by guile on Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Condition: 2, Ambience: 5, Access: 1, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
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