Talk:Promontory forts of Cornwall

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A fact from Promontory forts of Cornwall appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 December 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that defence may not have been the primary function of Cornwall's cliff castles?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Promontory Forts of Cornwall.

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Not an orphan[edit]

I have removed the Orphan tag an editor put on this article. Under "What links here", this article is linked to valid other Wikipedia articles. It is not an orphan. — Maile (talk) 23:18, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To do[edit]

The following cliff castles need to be put on the main page:

Willapark (Tintagel) (grid reference SX061899)
Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle (grid reference SX)
The Rumps The Rumps
Park Head (grid reference SW840709)
Redcliff Castle (Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps) (grid reference SW848697)
Griffin's Point (grid reference SW840665)
Trevelgue Head (grid reference SW822631) pdf file
Kelsey Head (grid reference SW765608) and possible annexe west of Porth Joke (grid reference SW768606) pdf file
Penhale (grid reference SW758592)
Treryn Dinas
St Michael's Mount
Lankidden (grid reference SW755168)
Chynhalls (grid reference SW783174)
Round Wood (grid reference SW837403)
Dodman Point
Black Head (St Austell) (grid reference SX039481)
Rame Head

Diction[edit]

Guys, what do "univallate" and "multivallate" mean? These terms may be well known to castle buffs, but to us mere mortals, they're gobbledegook. Even a Wiki-search only turned up other examples. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 02:18, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One wall, many walls, respectively. I'll stick them in parentheses. Haploidavey (talk) 03:44, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have explained these terms in lede. Haploidavey (talk) 09:37, 21 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Another source[edit]

Useful scholarly summary of contemporary scholarship, with some particulars, in Henrietta Quinnell, "Cornwall during the Iron Age and the Roman Period", Cornish Archaeology, 25, 1986. [1]

Not as up-to-date as some of this article's sources, but more scholarly than some, and gives full citations. Interesting and relevant disagreement on the merely occasional or seasonal occupation of cliff castles. Or some of them, at any rate. Obviously, doesn't include most recent results of most recent digs. Haploidavey (talk) 15:45, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Carn Lês Boel[edit]

Carn Lês Boel has a separate article in German Wikipedia.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 09:02, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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