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Submitted by Thorgrim on Tuesday, 30 December 2003 Page Views: 22647

Date UncertainSite Name: Rocky Valley
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Wadebridge Nearest Village: Trethevy
Map Ref: SX073893 Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.671390N Longitude: 4.728472W
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

4 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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3 Access:

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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4 Accuracy:

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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**Rocky Valley** submitted by Thorgrim : Two labyrinth carvings cut into rock face by a ruined mill. SX 073893 from car park off the B3263 to the north of Tintagel. Bronze Age or possibly later copies. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Two labyrinth carvings are cut into rock face by a ruined mill at SX 073893 from car park off the B3263 to the north of Tintagel. They may be Bronze Age (now thought to be unlikely) or later copies.
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