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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tregarthen Hill Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 11 July 2023  Page Views: 6323

Multi-periodSite Name: Tregarthen Hill Settlement Alternative Name: Prehistoric funerary, ritual and settlement remains; lookouts and enclosures
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: SV88631646
Latitude: 49.966892N  Longitude: 6.343622W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Looking down on the hard to see site (Vote or comment on this photo)
On the northern side of Tregarthen Hill is a squarish field of 0.25 hectares, formed of a turf-covered bank of stone, up to 0.6m high. It has two entrance gaps at the south corners and a curious in turn (possibly a hut) at the north eastern corner. Incorporated in this wall are four mounds, with another inside the field, The settlement has at least 12 poorly defined Huts, To the west and outside the settlement is a outer defensive bank (which no doubt once had a fence on it), This would once have given the settlement extra security from the landward side.

The grid reference given here includes the site as part of Historic England List ID 1017783, "Prehistoric funerary, ritual and settlement remains; post-medieval defences, tin mine, lookouts and enclosures on Castle Down, Tresco".
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Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Some upright stones in the slight bank of the Settlement (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Showing the curving slight bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Part of the outer defensive wall to the West of the Settlement, This way the wall heads around the far older Chambered Cairn (and the cairn next to it), It seems like the later Settlement builders were saying "Our ancesters are here and built these and we enclose/want them in our settlement" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Part of the outer defensive wall to the West of the Settlement (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Looking over the Settlement, In the center of the photo is the footings of a possible hut, You can also see part of a hut in the bottom left of the photo

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : The outcrop in the foreground is the Southern corner of the settlement (you can just see the slight bank running away from the stone into the distance)

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