Trevelgue Head
Trevelgue Head
Porth Island | |
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The round barrow at the western end of the peninsula | |
| Coordinates: 50°25′37″N 5°03′46″W / 50.4269°N 5.0629°W | |
| Grid position | SW825630 |
| Location | Cornwall |
| Age | Iron Age Bronze Age |
| Designation | Scheduled monument |
| Website | https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006712 |
Trevelgue Head, also known as Porth Island, is a headland north-east of Newquay, Cornwall, England, next to Porth at the eastern end of Newquay Bay.
It is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort with defensive ramparts and two round barrows dating from the early Bronze Age.