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Object Number
2004.29.12978
Display Title
Gwennap Pit
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "England / Cornwall / (verso) Gwennap Pit, in Cornwall, between Falmouth & Redruth - See Murray's "Devon & Cornwall," p. 407. / See "Neolithic Dew-Ponds & Cattle-Ways" - p. 29. / Bequest - H W Haynes 1912"; printed on photograph: "Gwennap Pit, Cornwall. 5940. J.V."
Department
Photographic
Date
1855-1912
Culture
- ancient European styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
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England
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<State>
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Cornwall
Additional Geographic Terms
Between Famouth and Redruth
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 13.335 × 20.6375 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Prof. Henry W. Haynes
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.12977 | Zennor Quoit stone burial chamber |
Cornwall
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| 2004.29.12992 | Giant's Quoit |
England
| ||
| 2004.29.12979 | Stone hut dwelling |
Cornwall
| ||
| 2004.29.12980 | Flaked stone tools |
England
| ||
| 2004.29.12981 | Flaked stone tool |
London
| ||
| 2004.29.12995 | Stonehenge |
Wiltshire
| ||
| 2004.29.13238 | Cromlech |
Wales
| ||
| 2004.29.13239 | Cromlech |
Wales
| ||
| 2004.29.12993 | Stonehenge |
Wiltshire
| ||
| 2004.29.12991 | Castlerigg stone circle |
England
| ||
| 2004.29.12989 | Kit's Coty House |
Kent
| ||
| 2004.29.12983 | Giants Grave |
Cumberland
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