Treryn Dinas
Headland on the south coast of Cornwall, England
title: "Treryn Dinas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hill-forts-in-cornwall", "headlands-of-cornwall", "iron-age-sites-in-cornwall", "scheduled-monuments-in-cornwall", "national-trust-properties-in-cornwall"] description: "Headland on the south coast of Cornwall, England" topic_path: "general/hill-forts-in-cornwall" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treryn_Dinas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Headland on the south coast of Cornwall, England ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Treryn Dinas |
| type | Headland |
| photo | Logan Rock headland from Cribba Head - geograph.org.uk - 1450874.jpg |
| photo_caption | The headland |
| map | United Kingdom Cornwall |
| location | Cornwall |
| grid_ref_UK | SW398220 |
| coordinates | |
| area | |
| operator | National Trust |
| designation | Scheduled monument |
| :: |
| name = Treryn Dinas | other_name = | type = Headland | photo = Logan Rock headland from Cribba Head - geograph.org.uk - 1450874.jpg | photo_caption = The headland | map = United Kingdom Cornwall | map_caption = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | location = Cornwall | range = | grid_ref_UK = SW398220 | coordinates = | length = | width = | area = | topo = | age = | 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.
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 m 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 m high, with a ditch on its northern side and a causewayed entrance. The South West Coast Path runs alongside the outer rampart.
On the promontory, Logan Rock is balanced on the rocky terrain about 30 m above the sea.
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.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/The_entrance_to_Treryn_Dinas_cliff_castle_-geograph.org.uk-_1331357.jpg" caption="The entrance to Treryn Dinas"] ::
References
References
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- [https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA107333 Treryn Dinas Cliff Castle, Treen and Rospletha Cliffs Penberth Valley and Cove, St Levan] National Trust, accessed 20 June 2016.
- [http://www.cornwalltour.co.uk/treryn_dinas.html Treryn Dinas and Logan Rock] Cornwall Tour, accessed 20 June 2016.
- [http://www.picturetheuk.com/uk-tourism/things-to-do/treryn-dinas-cliff-castle-cornwall-3373.html Treryn Dinas Cliff Castle, Cornwall] PictureTheUK, accessed 20 June 2016.
- Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. (1832). "Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833". Fisher, Son & Co.}}{{cite book.
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