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Maen Castle is an Iron Age cliff castle, situated on a small headland overlooking Gamper Bay near Sennen, Cornwall. The cliff castle survives as a roughly-rectangular enclosed area of approximately 2½ acres. It is defined by steep cliffs on two sides, a boulder strewn slope on the third and a rock-cut ditch measuring up to 8ft deep with stone revetted rampart and counterscarp of up to 6ft high on the fourth. The main rampart has a massive stone wall of up to 200ft long, 11ft wide and 5ft high. It is within the council area of Cornwall.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1006757.

Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Cornwall
Lat, Long: 50.072879,-5.7084375
Grid Reference: SW 3475 2578
Civil Parish: Sennen CP
Council Area: Cornwall CA
Police Area: Devon and Cornwall PA

GBPN ID: 303101
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Maen_Castle,_Cornwall_303101

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