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| Keywords: Rocky Valley labyrinth Tintagel.jpg This is a scan from a transparency which I took in the mid 1970s It shows one of the two very similar small labyrinth patterns cut into the cliff face at Rocky Valley Tintagel Cornwall England They are of unknown date The Bronze Age has been suggested but it is equally possible that they were made by workmen at the nearby mill now ruined But see below Simon Garbutt 8 Nov 2005 This scan is in the Public Domain however I retain ownership and copyright of the original transparency and any higher-resolution scans derived from it SiGarb 19 06 8 November 2005 UTC Given the softness of the rock and the clarity of the carving and the absence of any clear evidence for great age it is more likely that the Rocky Valley labyrinths date from the 18th or 19th century; other carvings at the mill are more firmly datable to the last few centuries See Abegael Saward The Rocky Valley Labyrinths Caerdroia 32 2001 p 21 “27 -- Elphion <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 13 37 21 March 2012 UTC 2005-11-08 own assumed SiGarb Bronze Age Britain Ancient diagrams Rocky Valley Round labyrinths Labyrinths in the United Kingdom Petroglyphs of labyrinths | ||||
