Amalveor

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image = | static_image_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|50.183|-05.528|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Amalveor | population = | shire_district = | shire_county = Cornwall | metropolitan_borough = | metropolitan_county = | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SW 482 375 }}

'''Amalveor''' ({{langx|kw|'''Amal Veur'''}}, meaning "great Amal"; 'Amal' appears to be the name of a river)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Craig Weatherhill |author1-link=Craig Weatherhill |title=The Place-Names of the Land's End Peninsula |date=2017 |publisher=Penwith Press |isbn=9781999777500 |page=176}}</ref> is a hamlet in West Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at {{gbmapping|SW 482 375}}. The hamlet is {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=off}} south-west of St Ives.<ref>Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale 'Explorer' map, sheet 102</ref><ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23148-7}}</ref> It is in the civil parish of Towednack.

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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Reginald A.|date=1932|title=Treasure-Trove from Towednack (Cornwall)|journal=The British Museum Quarterly|volume=7|issue=2|pages=48–49|doi=10.2307/4421421|jstor=4421421}}</ref><ref>http://www.meynmamvro.co.uk/arctcle2.htm Meyn Mamvro website. Retrieved March 2010</ref> To the west is Sperris Quoit.

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Category:Hamlets in Cornwall