Trevelgue Head

Trevelgue Head, also known as Porth Island, is a headland north-east of Newquay, Cornwall, England [1]. It is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort with defensive ramparts and two round barrows dating from the early Bronze Age [1]. The peninsula is connected to the mainland at the eastern end; on the south is a natural harbour [1]. On the east side there are defensive earthworks [1]. There is a single bank and ditch on the wider part of the peninsula near the mainland [1]. The wide enclosure between this and the ramparts further west is protected by sea-cliffs on the northern side; on the south side there is a smaller drop to the sea [1]. There is a gap in the peninsula, crossed by a modern bridge where there may have been originally a land-bridge; immediately before this there are three massive banks and ditches [1]. About 600 items of worked stone, over 4,000 shards of pottery, and objects of tin, copper and iron and glass were found [1].