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Stone Circles and other prehistoric sites in Cornwall
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Ballowall Barrow
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A prehistoric burial site in a marvellous clifftop location, Ballowall was used throughout the Neolithic and Middle Bronze Age. The cairn, which is 67 feet in diamter, was concealed for many years beneath the spoilage of tin mining, but when finally excavated in 1878 revealed that the site was based around a round chambered cairn, entered by a covered galllery about 11 feet long.
St Just,
Cornwall,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: At Ballowall Common, on a minor road 1 mile to the west of St Just. Open access site
Website: Ballowall Barrow
English Heritage
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OS Grid SW354313
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Carn Euny Ancient Village
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There are a number of so-called 'ancient villages' in the southwest of England. Perhaps the most well known is Chysauster, but just a short distance away from Chysauster is Carn Euny, one of the best preserved village sites in Cornwall. The village was occupied from the Iron Age to the late Roman period, and the remains include stone foundations of domestic buildings and an undergound passage of the type known as a fogou.
Brane,
Cornwall,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: Located just over a mile south west of Sancreed off the A30, but parking is 1/3 mile away in Brane. This is an open access site.
Website: Carn Euny Ancient Village
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OS Grid SW402289
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| Chysauster Ancient Village
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Chysauster was an Iron Age village inhabited from about 100 BC to sometime in the 3rd century AD. It was probably built by members of the Dumnonii tribe of Cornish Britons. The village is composed of eight courtyard houses, laid out in two rows of four. Outside the main grouping of houses is another stone house, and there are the remains of several outlying buildings in the surrounding fields.
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Gulval,
Cornwall,
England, TR20 8XA
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: 2½ m NW Gulval, off B3311
Website: Chysauster Ancient Village
Phone: 07831 757 934
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OS Grid SW473 350
Photo Credit: David Ross
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Halliggye Fogou
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An underground chamber believed to date from the 4th or 5th century BCE. The chamber was in use until sometime in the 2nd century AD. The fogou is located within an enclosing earthwork, possibly an Iron Age settlement.
Mawgan,
Cornwall,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: On the Trelowarren Estate, 5 miles south east of Helston, located off the B3293. Free entry (charge to visit the rest of the Trelowarren estate).
Website: Halliggye Fogou
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OS Grid SW712239
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| Merry Maidens
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A circle of 19 small stones in a field near Lamorna, on the Lands End to Newlyn road. This is probably the best preserved of all the stone circles in Cornwall, and it is, unusually, believed to be complete and unaltered.
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Lamorna,
Cornwall,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
Location: On the B3315, 3/4 mile west of Lamorna
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OS Grid SW433 245
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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Rough Tor
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The remains of over 100 Bronze Age huts cluster on the southern slopes of Rough Tor. A smaller village is on the north slope, and a holy well, numerous cairns and burial chambers are nearby. The dramatic ruins of St Michael's chapel cling to the top of Rough Tor.
Camelford,
West Country,
Cornwall,
England
Attraction Type: Prehistoric
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OS Grid SX145803
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