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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Taphouse Ridge Barrow Cemetery (A)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.233 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: West Taphouse
Map Ref: SX143632
Latitude: 50.439197N Longitude: 4.616498W
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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West Taphouse Barrow Cemetery (A) is a group 4 barrows the tallest of which is 5m high, one is ploughed away and one is barely visible. The barrows are aligned roughly east west on Taphouse ridge with wonderful views of this part of Cornwall.
MONUMENT NO. 432708 Pastscape
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