Garrow Tor settlements

Nearest town:
Hallworthy (10km NNE)
OS reference:
SX145785
OS sheet:
200
Latitude:
50° 34' 34.03 N
Longitude:
4° 37' 12.81 W
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Image of Garrow Tor settlements by Crazylegs14

Winter Twilight, a small stone circle close to Garrow Tor.

Image credit: Stone Circle on the path to Garrow Tor - Tim Knight (Secret Landscape Photography)
Crazylegs14
Crazylegs14 Jun 15, 2015
Image of Garrow Tor settlements by Cornwall

Remains of some of the hut circles which litter the slopes of Garrow Tor

Image credit: www.cornwalls.co.uk
Cornwall
Cornwall Mar 30, 2010

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Garrow Tor settlements

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Jun 25, 2003

The footpath from King Arthurs Hall takes you beside this settlement. Lots of huts that are each devided in two by a grass covered ridge. Did not explore far up hillside, only into two or three huts.
Standing on Butter Tor looking back you can make out early field patterns on the hill side to the right of Garrow farm House.

Miscellaneous

Garrow Tor settlements
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
pure joy
pure joy Nov 2, 2003

Mentioned by Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books – 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) – “The slopes of Garrow Tor are strewn with the remains of settlements and fields which probably date from the Middle or late Bronze Age. Most of the fields are of strip type, with their long axes at right angles to the contours. The main centres of settlement are at SX147786, SX144780 and SX143781. The huts, of which well over a hundred are visible, are from 6.0m to 8.0m in diameter, with walls up to 1.5m thick and 0.9m high. At SX145780 are the ruins of an extensive settlement of medieval longhouses. Excavated huts have produced pottery, beads, slate bangles and querns.”

Sites within 20km of Garrow Tor settlements

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