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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bosporthennis Beehive HutCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: St. Ives Nearest Village: Zennor
Map Ref: SW43773604
Latitude: 50.168874N Longitude: 5.589527W
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 24th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Catrinm visited on 22nd Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Not easy to find-but worth the effort. Use grid ref.
Park at Porthmeor and take footpath, cross stream. past farm on right and head off pathe to right.
LiveAndrew visited on 27th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 2.67
The hut is a round, 4 metre wide, corbelled chamber connected via a heavily built low portal to a 3.3 metre by 2.1 metre rectangular chamber. The latter, now blocked off by a modern wall, is the original entrance to the corbelled round chamber.
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