Treryn Dinas

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Treryn Dinas
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Treryn Dinas
Coordinates: 50°02′30″N5°38′05″W / 50.0416°N 5.6348°W / 50.0416; -5.6348 Coordinates: 50°02′30″N5°38′05″W / 50.0416°N 5.6348°W / 50.0416; -5.6348
Grid position SW398220
Location Cornwall
Operator National Trust
Designation Scheduled monument

Treryn Dinas is a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula between Penberth Cove and Porthcurno in Cornwall, England.

It is a scheduled monument, and is owned by the National Trust. [1] [2]

It is the site of a promontory fort dated to the Iron Age. The promontory slopes away steeply to the sea on three sides, and on the landward (north) side there are widely spaced defensive earthworks. The innermost rampart, up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) high, crosses the narrowest part of the headland. Beyond this there are two low curving ramparts, and a massive outer rampart, up to 6.1 metres (20 ft) high, with a ditch on its northern side and a causewayed entrance. The South West Coast Path runs alongside the outer rampart. [1] [2] [3] [4]

On the promontory, Logan Rock is balanced on the rocky terrain about 30 metres (98 ft) above the sea. [3]

This rocky headland is the subject of an engraving of a painting by Thomas Allom entitled Treryn Castle in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book (1833), together with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon. [5]

The entrance to Treryn Dinas The entrance to Treryn Dinas cliff castle - geograph.org.uk - 1331357.jpg
The entrance to Treryn Dinas

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Promontory fort known as Treryn Dinas (1006733)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Treryn Dinas Cliff Castle, Treen and Rospletha Cliffs Penberth Valley and Cove, St Levan National Trust, accessed 20 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 Treryn Dinas and Logan Rock Cornwall Tour, accessed 20 June 2016.
  4. Treryn Dinas Cliff Castle, Cornwall PictureTheUK, accessed 20 June 2016.
  5. Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1832). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833. Fisher, Son & Co.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1832). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833. Fisher, Son & Co.