Verified50.0410° N · 5.6210° W · 60 m
Treryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan
Iron Age (400 BCE)·Dumnonii·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About Treryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan
Treryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (400 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii. Dramatic cliff fort above Logan Rock with multivallate banks and ditch, views to Longships. 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. 400 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (400 BCE)
- Culture
- Dumnonii
- Purpose
- Promontory cliff castle with triple ramparts cutting off headland at Treen
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 400 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.0410° N · 5.6210° W · 60 m · 3 mapped features
Treryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan — Inner Rampart
rampartInner defensive bank
50.0411° N · 5.6209° WTreryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan — Entrance Gateway
gatewayOriginal entrance
50.0408° N · 5.6207° WTreryn Dinas Cliff Fort — St Levan — Hut Platform Interior
platformHut platform
50.0413° N · 5.6211° W