Amalveor

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Amalveor
Amalveor is located in Cornwall
Amalveor
Amalveor
 Amalveor shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW 482 375
Shire county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
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Amalveor (Cornish: Amal Veur, meaning great slope[1]) is a hamlet in West Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at grid reference SW 482 375. The hamlet is 3 miles (5 kilometres) south-west of St Ives.[2][3]

A pair of gold bracelets were discovered at Amalveor Farm (about one mile due west of the church) on 11 December 1931 and were declared to be treasure trove. The bracelets were dated as middle Bronze Age (about 1000BC) and are now in the British Museum.[4][5] To the west is Sperris Quoit.

References

  1. Pool; The Place Names of West Penwith
  2. Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale 'Explorer' map, sheet 102
  3. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  4. http://www.jstor.org/pss/4421421 JSTOR Digital Archive. Retrieved March 2010
  5. http://www.meynmamvro.co.uk/arctcle2.htm Meyn Mamvro website. Retrieved March 2010


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