Willapark (Boscastle)

Iron Age tribesmen built a wall or bank fronted by a ditch across the land bridge, giving themselves a secure clifftop castle.

The headland appears too rocky to support permanent occupation and may have been used to protect harvested crops from raiders and as a stronghold in which to retreat during enemy attacks.

[4] After Avery's death, the Lookout was leased to the Board of Trade who used its strategic position to keep watch on the coast in a bid to prevent smuggling.

[7] In hurricane-force winds on 31 March 1843, the East Indiaman Jessie Logan was sunk en route from Calcutta to Liverpool with the loss of all its crew.

[8] Much of the ship's cargo of cotton, sugar, rice and rum was washed ashore where locals carried it away despite attempts by the coastguard to protect it.