A Bronze Age settlement and later Iron Age cemetery excavated in 1987 on the hillside above the Gannel.
Trethellan Farm lay on the south-facing side of Trethellan Hill, above the Gannel in Newquay. Roadworks in 1987 exposed prehistoric remains; rescue excavation revealed roundhouses and farming evidence. The site was later used for Iron Age burial. This is an excavated archaeological site beneath later development, not a surviving reconstructed village.
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https://cornisharchaeology.org.uk/2022/08/19/volume-30-1991/
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