Rocky Valley
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The Rocky Valley is a small yet spectacular canyon carved by the Trevillet River in Trethevy, North Cornwall, around one mile east of Tintagel. At their highest point the slate canyon walls tower over seventy feet above the river below. The Valley owned by the National Trust, and is stated [1] to be home to 161 different species of moss. The South West Coast Path descends into and out of the Valley a little way inland due to the sheer cliffs.
[edit] Prehistory
Rock carvings discovered in 1948 are believed by some to be from the early Bronze Age (1800-1400BC). The two carvings take the form of circular labyrinths. 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.[2].
[edit] Buildings
Rocky Valley is home to two mills. Trevillet Mill is now a private residence and was made famous by an 1851 painting by Thomas Creswick. The second, Trethevy Mill is derelict and was used in the eighteenth century to manufacture woollen textiles.
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