Treen

Situated in a shallow valley, Treen is a good base for local cliff walking and bird watching, as well as the nearest point across to Logan Rock and Pedn Vounder Beach. The headland to the east of the beach is the location of the famous Logan Rock, a massive 70-ton granite boulder that was once so finely balanced that it could be rocked – reputedly at the merest touch. The rock was a popular tourist attraction until 1824, when Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith (the nephew of the poet and playwright Oliver Goldsmith), egged on by some Royal Navy colleagues, pushed the stone on to the beach below. After many complaints by the locals, the naval officer was instructed to replace the rock - an extraordinary feat of engineering in itself - at his own expense, but the fine balance the rock once had has never returned. This act of misadventure is recorded in the local inn. Below Logan Rock is the spectacularly sited Iron Age coastal fort, Treryn Dinas. Despite having been constructed over 2,000 years ago, the earthwork defences on the landward side can still be made out.

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