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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Trelow DownsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: St Columb Major Nearest Village: Winnard's Perch
Map Ref: SW92906817
Latitude: 50.476672N Longitude: 4.920221W
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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This single stone row is made up of 4 medium sized stones making up a length 250 metres. Sitting at an altitude of 174 metres the site has a sea view and unusually incorporates a barrow.
Trelow Downs is a scheduled ancient monument. The Pastscape record for monument 430561 tells us: "Slightly to the west and below the broad flat top of Trelow Downs, at about 575 ft, there is a north to south alignment of four stones, extending over 250m. The northern stone is at SW 92906814 with intervals of 92.0m, 52.0m and 64.0m to the southern stone at SW 92906794. The stones incorporate bands of spar and are of 'post' type, 0.1m to 0.2m in diameter, and from 0.4m to 0.6m high. To the south the setting is aligned on a bowl barrow. Another barrow, a bell, is on line between the penultimate and the northern stone, ie it interrupts the visual alignment. There seems no reason to assume a prehistoric or any early origin for the alignment since it may be a post medieval mark out for a newtake which was never completed, but it is an unusual feature."
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