Maen Castle

Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in Cornwall [1]. Maen Castle is one of only two fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found [1]. Excavations took place in 1939 and 1948-9 and about 300 sherds were unearthed [1]. The defences comprise a stone rampart, ditch and counterscarp bank built across the neck of the headland, with almost sheer cliffs on two sides and a steep slope on the third [1].