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Willapark (Tintagel)
Willapark (not to be confused with Willapark (Boscastle)) is a headland just north of Tintagel on the north coast of Cornwall, South West England. It is the site of a disputed Iron Age hill fort. Hill fort A defensive bank across the headland has led some archaeologists to believe that Willapark was an iron age cliff castle dating from around the first century AD. The name Willapark is Cornish for 'enclosure' and 'lookout'. Given that the promontory has near vertical cliff faces, it will have made a safe place for the local tribes to retreat to in times of attack. Historians believe that circular marks used to become visible after grass fires, indicating the positions of huts. However, much of the ramparts were removed or adapted to allow quarrying on the headland which is why so little remains today. An archaeological survey conducted by the National Trust in 2001-02 failed to prove conclusively that Willapark was a hill fort.''Cornish Archaeology''; 2002-3 https://cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willapark (Boscastle)
Willapark () is a 317-foot high promontory just south of Boscastle on the north coast of Cornwall in South West England. It is the site of an Iron Age hill fort and a small nineteenth century folly, now a coastguard lookout. The Promontory Fort The headland is joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus. Iron Age tribesmen built a wall or bank fronted by a ditch across the land bridge, giving themselves a secure clifftop castle. The earthworks were probably dug sometime around 200 BC. The headland appears too rocky to support permanent occupation and may have been used to protect harvested crops from raiders and as a stronghold in which to retreat during enemy attacks. Small earthworks known as “pillow mounds” are the remains of manmade rabbit warrens daring from the Tudor era. It has a single straight bank, indistinct to the south-west and up to high, with a ditch on the landward side at its north-eastern end. The present path onto the headland may indicate the original e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
