<< Our Photo Pages >> Gweek Round - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cornwall
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Multi-periodSite Name: Gweek RoundCountry: England
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County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Falmouth Nearest Village: Helston
Map Ref: SW7044026170
Latitude: 50.091182N Longitude: 5.210764W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The remains comprise a sub-oval revetted field hedge approx 66m by 60m and 1.6m high, with vestiges of an outer ditch on the north and west sides. The interior is raised, and the entrance appears to be on the uphill south side. In 1980 a watching brief was kept by the CCRA during the installation of water pipes and tanks, one inside the earthwork. The round was found to be in very good condition with the rampart standing several metres high, but ploughing has almost filled the ditch and caused the outer edge of the rampart to become very steep. The ditch now appears as a vague depression around most of the circumference.
The trench for the water pipe that cut diagonally across the ditch revealed very little. The ditch appeared to be steep sided and 2.5m wide at the top. The rampart, composed of shillet dug out of the ditch, is around 3.0m wide at the base, although the outside has been cut away by ploughing. No other features were noticed and there were no finds. The round is visible as a low earth bank on aerial photographs and was plotted as part of the NMP.
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