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Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay
Iron Age·Dumnonii·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age hillfort attributed to Dumnonii. Small univallate promontory fort with hut terraces, facing St Austell Bay. Surveys document interior and comparative analysis.
Why it mattersImportant Dumnonii hillfort of the Cornwall, England region
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
- 02Landscape organisation
Theories
- 01Ceremonial aggregation
- 02Subsistence base
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 350 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age
- Culture
- Dumnonii
- Purpose
- Single bank cliff castle on Black Head north of Mevagissey
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 350 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.3300° N · 4.7800° W · 50 m · 3 mapped features
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay — Inner Rampart
rampartInner defensive bank
50.3301° N · 4.7799° WBlack Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay — Entrance Gateway
gatewayOriginal entrance
50.3298° N · 4.7797° WBlack Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay — Hut Platform Interior
platformHut platform
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