Condolden is a hill in north

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, England, UK. The summit is 308 metres (1010 feet)

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. Condolden is two miles (3 km) southeast of

Tintagel Tintagel () or Trevena ( kw, Tre war Venydh, meaning ''Village on a Mountain'') is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surroundin ...

village and is on the eastern border of Tintagel

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between Waterpit Down (to the east) and Penpethy (to the west). It is the highest point in the parish. The largest of the

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barrows in Tintagel is at Condolden (another is at Menadue). On the edges of the hill are (from the north)

Halgabron Halgabron (pronounced: Halgáybron; kw, Halgigbran, meaning ''marsh of the carrion-crow'') is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Halgabron is east of Bossiney. The family of Robartes once held land at Halgabron. Halgabron mil ...

, Trenale, Downrow,

Truas Tintagel () or Trevena ( kw, Tre war Venydh, meaning ''Village on a Mountain'') is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surroundin ...

, Menadue and Trewarmett. Near Trenale was the

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of Trenale Bury which was ploughed up during the

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. The barrow has not been excavated and is topped by an

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. The land is used for arable farming.Dyer, Peter (2005) ''Tintagel: a portrait of a parish''. Cambridge: Cambridge Books. ; pp. 15-20

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View uphill from slopes of Condolden Hill
Hills of Cornwall Cornish Killas Bronze Age sites in Cornwall Tintagel {{Cornwall-archaeology-stub