Trebarveth Saltworks

Just above the beach are the remains of a saltworks which has been dated to the second century AD. The site consisted of a building which contained two ovens with stone-lined flues. These were used to boil seawater, which was held in earthenware troughs made from local clay. Fragments of the earthenware can be seen in the eroding cliff. A few of the fragments are from domestic pots but most are from the vessels used in salt production.

Inland from the salt factory are hut circles - the remains of prehistoric round houses, and remnants of field systems from the same era. Finds of pottery around these indicate that the area had also been occupied in both the Iron Age and Bronze Age, and some finds of stone tools suggest that occupation may go back as far as Mesolithic times.