Black Head

Nearest town:
St Austell (5km NW)
OS reference:
SX039479
OS sheet:
204
Latitude:
50° 17' 51.94 N
Longitude:
4° 45' 13.56 W
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Image of Black Head (Cliff Fort) by juamei

Open Source Environment agency LIDAR

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juamei
juamei Jan 28, 2016
Image of Black Head (Cliff Fort) by Mr Hamhead

The main ditch on the eastern side of the narrow neck...a good 20 ft deep I would think. St Austell bay in the distance....Chez Hamhead in the very far distance!

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Jun 12, 2008

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Black Head

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Jun 12, 2008

Black Head juts out into St Austell bay on its west side. Very little remains of any antiquity except two high banks and one deep ditch on the east side of the istmus.
The headland can be reached via the SWCP from a car park at Trenarren, but it is still at least half a mile away...great views on a good day!

Miscellaneous

Black Head
Cliff Fort
pure joy
pure joy Nov 3, 2003

Mentioned by Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books – 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) – “This headland has three lines of defence across its neck. The outer rampart is slight, and its ditch virtually untraceable. The central bank is set back from it; it is 5.2m high and fronted by a ditch 2.1m deep. The innermost rampart is of similar height. None of these Iron Age defences is so well preserved on the south side of the headland.”

Just off the coastal footpath, on National Trust openland

Sites within 20km of Black Head

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