Greenala Point
Headland
The fort, viewed from the west with the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in the foreground
Greenala Point Shown within Pembrokeshire
Coordinates: 51°37′57″N 4°52′54″W / 51.63250°N 4.88167°W / 51.63250; -4.88167
Grid position	SS 006 966
Location	near Pembroke
Operator	National Trust
Area
• Total	1.8 hectares (4.4 acres)
Designation	Scheduled monument

Greenala Point is a headland on the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, about a 5-kilometre (3-mile) 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]

Promontory fort

The Iron Age promontory fort, known as Greenala Point Fort or Greenala Camp is a scheduled monument.^[3]

The fort, occupying 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres), 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 5 metres (16 ft).

The interior of the fort, area 0.4 hectares (1.0 acre), is bordered on the west by a straight bank, of which the outer face is nearly 4 metres (13 ft) above a triangular annexe. Beyond this is a series of three banks and ditches.^[3] 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.^[3]

References

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