Greenala Point | |
Type: | Headland |
Map: | Wales Pembrokeshire |
Relief: | yes |
Location: | near Pembroke |
Grid Ref Uk: | SS 006 966 |
Coordinates: | 51.6325°N -4.8817°W |
Area: | 1.8ha |
Operator: | National Trust |
Designation: | Scheduled monument |
Greenala Point is a headland on the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, about a 5abbr=off0abbr=off walk south from Pembroke. As part of the former Stackpole Estate, it was acquired by the National Trust in 1976.[1]
The Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes through the western ramparts of the fort on Greenala Point.[2]
The Iron Age promontory fort, known as Greenala Point Fort or Greenala Camp is a scheduled monument. The fort, occupying 1.8ha, is defended on the east and south by sandstone cliffs, and to the north by the terracing of a steep slope; the innermost of the four resulting slopes has a height of nearly .
The interior of the fort, area 0.4ha, is bordered on the west by a straight bank, of which the outer face is nearly above a triangular annexe. Beyond this is a series of three banks and ditches. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes through these western ramparts.[2]
There has been coastal erosion, and the fort was once larger; there are traces of defences on at least one of the adjacent stacks.