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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: PorthcressaCountry: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Hugh Town
Map Ref: SV901104
Latitude: 49.913309N Longitude: 6.318313W
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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lucasn visited on 4th Aug 2018 - their rating: Amb: 3 Access: 1
11 Iron Age cists in this cemetery with another 5 nearby. Bronze brooches found. Now buried beneath a council estate and inaccessible. Photos of excavation are in the local museum
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