Mulfra

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Mulfra
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Looking south from Mulfra hill
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Mulfra
Location within Cornwall
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Dialling code 01736
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50°09′27″N5°33′56″W / 50.1575°N 5.5656°W / 50.1575; -5.5656

Mulfra is a hamlet in the parish of Madron, Cornwall, England and is on the southern slope of Mulfra Hill. [1] Nearby is the Scheduled monument, Mulfra Quoit, which is a portal dolmen, i.e. a ceremonial and funerary monument dating from the early or middle Neolithic period, probably in use from 3500 to 2600 BC. [2]

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End & Isles of Scilly (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN   978-0-319-23289-7.
  2. Historic England. "Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit (1006744)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 December 2019.

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