Amalveor ( kw, Amal Veur, meaning "great Amal"; 'Amal' appears to be the name of a river) is a
hamlet
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in
West Penwith
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Etymology
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,
Cornwall
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, England,
United Kingdom
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at . The hamlet is south-west of
St Ives. It is in the
civil parish
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of
Towednack
Towednack ( kw, Tewydnek) is a churchtown and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded by those of Zennor in the west, Gulval in the south, Ludgvan in the west and south, and St Ives and the Atlantic Ocean in the ...
.
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.
[http://www.meynmamvro.co.uk/arctcle2.htm Meyn Mamvro website. Retrieved March 2010] To the west is
Sperris Quoit
Sperris Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, and one of a type of tomb unique to West Penwith, located on a moor around 365 metres northeast of Zennor Quoit, being roughly halfway between Zennor and Amalveor, Cornwall. It is t ...
.
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Hamlets in Cornwall
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