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A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises three distinct barrow forms typical of the prehistoric burial landscape of the south-west, representing different traditions of monument construction during the Bronze Age period. The bell barrow, distinguished by its raised mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, the bowl barrow with its simpler mounded form, and the platform barrow with its flat base, collectively demonstrate the range of burial practices employed in this region during the second millennium BC. These monuments form part of the extensive Bronze Age barrow cemetery tradition found across Cornish uplands and represent significant evidence for prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns.
A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004406. View the official record →
A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004406.
A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004406.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm (5.4 km), Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow (5.7 km), Churchyard cross in St Columb Major churchyard, 12m east of the church (6.1 km).
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A bell barrow, a bowl barrow and a platform barrow 620m west of Higher Cransworth stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.