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Submitted by TheCaptain on Monday, 07 October 2002 Page Views: 5990

Multi-periodSite Name: Roughtor South
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Camelford
Map Ref: SX145803 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.592880N Longitude: 4.622188W
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:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 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
0	No data.

3 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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TheCaptain visited on 13th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 North of the stone circle, and south of the bulk of Roughtor are the remains of a large and complex settlement

LiveAndrew visited on 26th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Access: 3

LiveAndrew visited on 27th May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3

lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 2

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.25 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 2.5

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**Roughtor South** submitted by TheCaptain : A hut circle at the Roughtor South village. Many of the buildings here seem to be complex double or treble roomed dwellings. View looking north towards Roughtor itself. (Vote or comment on this photo)

All around the lower slopes of Roughtor are many remains of hut circles and field systems. These seem to fall into two distinct villages, one on the north-western slopes, and this one on the southern slopes, just to the north of Fernacre stone circle.

There are multitudes of round hut remains to be found here, many with what seem to be a second room attached. Reaves, boundary walls and other stones abound all over the place. A lot of time could be spent exploring this ancient village, but it was getting late in the day and I had to start my long walk back to the car.

It was also very tempting to climb to the top of the magnificent Roughtor, with its enclosures and other features on top, but that will have to be left for another day.
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