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76: 84: 60: 52: 586: 529: 262: 232: 247:. Modern scholars believe that, as the labyrinths were carved on a quarried wall with a metal tool, they are likely to be less than three hundred years old. In 2005 it was claimed that another carving can be seen, much fainter than the first two, leading to speculation that the two well-defined carvings are copies of ones that are much earlier: this has yet to be proved. 68: 543: 145:. At their highest point the slate canyon walls tower over seventy feet above the river below. Rocky Valley was mentioned in travel books as a place of exceptional beauty as early as 1897. The valley is owned by the 146: 178:
descends into and out of the valley a little way inland due to the sheer cliffs on the coast; the rocks at the seaward end of the valley are dangerous and people have been swept off by freak waves.
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is an area of woodland stretching for around one mile along both banks of the Trevillet River; its most prominent feature is St Nectan's Kieve.
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There are three mills on the Trevillet River: Trethevy or Trewethett Mill, Trevillet Mill and
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Mill. Trevillet Mill is now a private residence and was made famous by an 1851 painting by
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There are a number of dates carved into the stonework of the derelict Trethevy Mill.
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The "Chapel", Kieve and Gorge of "Saint Nectan", Trevillet Millcombe, Tintagel
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In 2007 some of the bridges over the Trevillet River were washed away during
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Rock carvings discovered in 1948 are believed by some to be from the early
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The area around these carvings has become somewhat of a focus for
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G. B. 1813 - G. Blewett; this date marks the extension of the mill
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W. T. 1779 - William Taylor; the earliest date identified so far
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Abegael Saward - Caerdroia 2001 Vol. 32 Pages 21-27 (2001).
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caused by heavy rains. These have since been replaced.
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Cornish
Cornwall
United Kingdom
Cornish
Trethevy
Tintagel
National Trust
Saint Nectan's Glen
County Geology Site
Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
South West Coast Path
flash floods
Halgabron
Thomas Creswick

Bronze Age
labyrinths
Neopaganism
New Age

Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall
"Coastal walk"
the original
"Dangerous rocks"

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