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Image of St David’s Head Camp (Cliff Fort) by thesweetcheat

St David’s Head seen from the south, near Point St John. The fort occupies the tip of the headland, Coetan Arthur is a little further inland and the Carn Llidi tombs are located on the western (lefthand) slopes of the unmistakable mini-mountain.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.7.2014)
Image of St David’s Head Camp (Cliff Fort) by moss

In the valley below St.David’s Camp are lines of stones presumed to be ‘celtic field’ systems, this is the most obvious one.

Image of St David’s Head Camp (Cliff Fort) by Kammer

Taken 13th April 2003: Looking south, down the defensive ‘ditch’ between the stone ramparts on the outside of the defenses (left) and the natural stone outcrop.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Image of St David’s Head Camp (Cliff Fort) by Kammer

Taken 13th April 2003: From outside the fort looking in, here are the southern end of the defences with two random walkers and their dog for scale. The walkers are about to pass through the gap in the ramparts.

In the distance is the island of Carreg-Trai.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Image of St David’s Head Camp (Cliff Fort) by Kammer

Taken 13th April 2003: The promontory, with the fort’s rampart cutting across the shot, left to right. On the left hand-side there’s a gap in the fortification, but I’ve no idea whether this is modern or part of the original layout.

Image credit: Simon Marshall

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St David’s Head Camp

Visited 30.6.10.
I parked at the Whitesands Beach car park (charge) and took a lovely 30 minute walk up to the hillfort. It was a beautiful summer’s morning and was ‘picture postcard’ perfect. The sun was warm, the sand white and the sea crystal clear – wonderful. Makes you feel good to be alive. Be careful when walking along the costal path as it is right next to the cliff edge at places with no fences and a deadly drop! There are stone ramparts remaining in places about 8ft high – collapsed walls to the front. It goes without saying there are great costal views.

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St David’s Head Camp

This small camp must have been a fairly attractive place to live. Screened from the wind and facing inward towards the land amongst a jumble of rocks, it would have been difficult to find. Spent some time up here watching small birds feeding in the boggy wet ground, it has enormous presence this rocky outcrop, peaceful as well.
Not so peaceful (reason I am writing this) is the walk up the cliff path, 18 inches wide and a vertical drop to the sea, for those who suffer from vertigo take a different route. At the stream below turn right up the valley and then head back to the headland along the top.
Cunliffe -Iron Age communities in Britain; to quote;-
A complex rampart protected a small group of 6 conjoined
stone wall huts 5-20 ft in dia., excavated in 1900.
Sparse finds;- whetstones, spindle whorls, hammer stones and fragments of iron, plus a few glass beads.

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St David’s Head Camp

Visited 13th April 2003: I made a very cursory visit to St Davids’s Head Camp as a diversion on our way to Coetan Arthur. William needed a rest from the wind, so Lou hid with him and Alfie behind a big boulder.

I nipped down and had a look at the ramparts of the fort, which are thankfully very easy to spot. They’re ruinous, but still relatively well defined. It’s difficult to judge the scale of them from a distance, but fortuitously a couple of walkers provided scale for my photos. I was tempted to go further down the promontory and explore, but the weather was appalling so in the end I didn’t stop for long.

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