Trereen Dinas
The double walled Cliff Castle Trereen Dinas on Gurnard's Head (English: Gurnard's head; Cornish Ynyal , the wasteland) near Treen in the parish of Zennor is one of only three excavated Promontory forts in Cornwall - the other two are Maen Castle and Trevelgue Head .
The Iron Age fort, excavated in 1939, with a size of about three hectares is located on the north side of the Penwith Peninsula. The inner wall, about 60 meters long, is the larger and about five meters wide. He still has two meters remaining. Outside there is a second remnant of a wall with trenches on the inside and outside.
The remains of 16 round huts with a diameter of up to six meters lie on the land side. Three have been partially excavated, with few finds being made. Exact dating was impossible, but the finds, including iron knives and buckles, rubbing stones , spindle whorls and shattered pottery point to the middle of the 2nd century BC. The site is maintained by the National Trust and is located in the Aire Point to Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest .
- Trereen Dinas
Outer wall
Wall and moat
Access
The Canadian full ship Alexander Yeats stranded in a storm off Gurnard's Head in September 1896 and had to be abandoned. The crew could be saved.
literature
- J. Ford-Johnston: Hillforts of the Iron Age in England and Wales: A Survey of the Surface Evidence. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 1976.
- Peter Dudley: Goon, Hal, Cliff and Croft: The Archeology and Landscape History of West Cornwall's Rough Ground. Historic Environment Service, Truro 2011. ISBN 1903798728
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Yeats on wrecksite.eu, accessed February 4, 2014
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 29.8 " N , 5 ° 35 ′ 57.2" W.