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Rocky Valley (Cornish: Glynn Duwy, meaning deep valley of the river Duwy) is a small valley in the parish of Tintagel, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The valley has been carved by the Trevillet River (Cornish: Duwy, meaning dark river) in Trethevy around one mile east of Tintagel. At their highest point the slate canyon walls tower over seventy feet above the river below. Rocky Valley was mentioned in travel books as a place of exceptional beauty as early as 1897.[1] The valley is owned by the National Trust and is home to 161 different species of moss.[2] Saint Nectan's Glen is an area of woodland stretching for around one mile along both banks of the Trevillet River; its most prominent feature is St Nectan's Kieve.
Rocky Valley is designated as a County Geology Site because of its geomorphological interest.
The valley is within the Cornwall National Landscape, which is formally designated as the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The South West Coast Path descends into and out of the valley a little way inland due to the sheer cliffs on the coast; the rocks at the seaward end of the valley are dangerous and people have been swept off by freak waves.[3]
In 2007 some of the bridges over the Trevillet River were washed away during flash floods caused by heavy rains. These have since been replaced.
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- ^ "Coastal walk" (PDF). National Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
- ^ "Dangerous rocks". Access My Library. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2010.