Following our acquisition of Castle an Dinas (West) last December, we will be hosting a community consultation day about the site. 

Location: Gilbert Hall, Nancledra, TR20 8NA – What3Words: ///shuts.standards.rides

This public consultation session is an opportunity for the local community to meet the Trust and provide ideas and suggestions for the future of the site as well as information on its history and place in the local community.

We’re especially keen for you to share your experiences, memories and photographs of the site. 

About the site

Castle an Dinas (West) is a small multivallate hillfort situated at the summit of a broad hill on Tonkins Downs, with extensive views of Mounts Bay. Hillforts of this kind are rare, with around 100 examples recorded across the UK.

Standing prominently on the hillfort’s inner rampart is Rogers’ Tower, a late 18th-century folly built for the Rogers family who owned nearby Treassowe Manor. The tower is a listed building Grade II.

In the heathland to the north of the hillfort are the remains of extensive prehistoric and medieval field systems. To the south-west, the small fields of a 19th-century smallholding have utilised the ramparts of the hillfort as part of their field system. Both folly and farmstead are important features in the landscape in this part of Cornwall.

The site lies within Cornwall National Landscape and includes a scheduled area which centres around the hillfort. It is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Country Wildlife Area, as well as being common land.