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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Helman TorCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Nearest Town: Bodmin Nearest Village: Lanlivery
Map Ref: SX06166166 Landranger Map Number: 201
Latitude: 50.422731N Longitude: 4.730198W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The excavation was on a smaller scale but produced similar evidence: amounts of Early Neolithic material culture including ceramics, flint tools and axe heads. The excavated wall had an orthostatic structure similar to those of Carn Brea.
A number of radiocarbon dates were produced, although some are questionable, that suggest the enclosure is broadly contemporary with Carn Brea (Mercer 1997, 21).
To the eastern part of the St. Austell granite uplands, on the northern end of a raised spur. To the west are the higher hills of the St. Austell uplands.
Source: The Early Neolithic Tor Enclosures of Southwest Britain, Simon R. Davies
The University of Birmingham Ph.D Thesis (PDF)
Note: Helman Tor: a hill of many secrets, Fri 22 July
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