Trevelgue Head
Iron Age Hillfort, Mine, Settlement and Tin Mine
Trevelgue Head, also known as Porth Island, is a headland north-east of Newquay, Cornwall, England. It is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort with defensive ramparts and two round barrows dating from the early Bronze Age.
Romano-British Tin Mines in Cornwall
Carnon,¹ Feock, Cornwall
SW8562
Treloy, St. Columb Minor, Cornwall
SW8865
Carnanton, Magwan in Pyder, Cornwall
SX0367
Boscarne,¹ Bodmin, Cornwall
- The mines at Carnon and Boscarne are included in the OS Map of Roman Britain 3rd edition, published in 1956, but are omitted from the current OS publication Historical Map and Guide – Roman Britain, first published in 1994.
References for Trevelgue Head
- Historical Map and Guide – Roman Britain by the Ordnance Survey (3rd, 4th & 5th eds., 1956, 1994 & 2001).
Map References for Trevelgue Head
NGRef: SW8263 OSMap: LR200
Roman Roads near Trevelgue Head
Possible Trackway: SW (16) to Carn Brea (Carn Brea, Cornwall) Possible Road/Trackway: E (13) to Nanstallon
Sites near Trevelgue Head
- Nanstallon Fort (21 km)
Neronian Auxiliary Fort (AD 54–68) - Carn Brea (26 km)
Iron Age Hillfort - Restormel Roman Fortlet (28 km)
Fortlet - Magor Villa (28 km)
Villa - St. Gennys High Cliff Signal Station (44 km)
Fortlet - Chysauster Ancient Village (45 km)
Settlement - Ictis Insula (St Michael's Mount) (45 km)
Port and Settlement - Calstock Roman Fort (61 km)
Claudian Auxiliary Fort (AD 43–54) - Morwenstow Signal Station (63 km)
Fortlet - Tamaris (Tamar) (66 km)
Port