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Multi-periodSite Name: Craddock Moor embanked avenueCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Liskeard Nearest Village: Minions
Map Ref: SX24377208
Latitude: 50.522082N Longitude: 4.479004W
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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It is positioned down in the little valley leading towards the northern end of Siblyback Lake from the top of Craddock Moor. In this area are to be found many circular cairns and the remains of this prehistoric embanked avenue. It is difficult to see and figure out amongst the ferns and other overgrowth, and hence quite difficult to find, but you will know it when you find it, especially the southeastern end which is in much better condition than the northwestern end.
The avenue is about 60 metres long, with its two parallel banks separated by a flat area about 4 metres wide, making up a total width of between 8 and 10 metres across. The banks are still about half a metre to a metre in height, and in places seem to have got some stone slabs along the inner edges, perhaps once making a sort of kerb. At more than one position along its length, the banks have been broken down, either for an old trackway of for some early mining practise.
The avenue lines up exactly between the upper, northern end of the nearby Craddock Moor stone row, and the centre of the Craddock Moor stone circle, which cannot be seen on the top of the moorland (but perhaps was visible if the stones were all standing). Apparently, if this line is continued onwards towards the southeast, it also leads directly to the southern circle of the Hurlers stone circles. Is this just a coincidence or a deliberate positioning of all these monuments, somehow linked together.
In some ways, this reminded me in a very small way of a smaller version of King Arthurs Hall. It was almost impossible to photograph.
English Heritage Scheduled Monument 15065
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