The fort from the west, showing the precarious nature of the underlying cliff.
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Looking west. There are two further cliff forts in this stretch of coast, but both are hidden behind Mewsford Point.
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The inner bank, the highest of the three.
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This alarming hole, open to the sea below, is inside the camp itself. Even more alarming when you realise that the whole site is supported by an arch rather than a solid cliff.
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Middle rampart.
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The ditches have been scooped out of the rock of the headland, with the resulting upcast stone used to form the banks.
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The stone construction of the central of the three banks, with the low outer rampart beyond, arcing across the left of the shot.
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Buckspool Camp seen from the SE.
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Sites within 20km of Buckspool Camp
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St Govan’s Well and Chapel
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Crocksydam Camp
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Freyneslake
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Bosherston
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Harold Stone
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Flimston Bay Camp
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Stackpole Warren
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Devil’s Quoit (Sampson)
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Devil’s Quoit (Stackpole)
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Merrion Camp
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Greenala Point
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Dry Burrows
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Corston Beacon
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Bowett Wood Camp
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Wallaston
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The Wogan
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Devil’s Quoit
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Lewiston Hill
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Kings Quoit
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West Popton Camp
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West Pickard Camp
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Old Castle Head
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Norchard Beacon
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Skomar Camp
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Castles Bay
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Castle Park
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Lydstep Mesolithic forest and footprints
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The Hanging Stone
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The Long Stone
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South Hook Rath
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Little Castle Head (St Ishmaels)
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Great Castle Head (St Ishmaels)
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Little Hoyle Cave
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Gumfreston
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Hoyle’s Mouth Cave
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Dale Point
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West Beacon (Caldey Island)
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Longstone Field
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Little Castle Point
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The Long Stone
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Potter’s Cave (Caldey Island)
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Nanna’s Cave
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Great Castle Head (Dale)
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