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A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon

England

List entry 1004404

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1004404

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.27 hectares

Grid reference

SW9712468370, SW9737668449, SW9724468388

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon is a Bronze Age burial monument in Cornwall. The site comprises three distinct barrow types in close proximity, representing different construction traditions within the Bronze Age funerary landscape of southwest England. Platform barrows, saucer barrows, and disc barrows each reflect specific burial practices and social customs of their respective periods within the Bronze Age. This complex demonstrates the diversity of sepulchral monuments that characterize the prehistoric archaeology of the Cornish moorland and indicates sustained ritual use of the location across an extended timespan.

A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004404. View the official record →

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What is A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon?

A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon is a Bronze Age burial monument in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004404.

Who is responsible for protecting A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon?

A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon 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 1004404.

What other scheduled monuments are near A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm (6 km), Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow (6.7 km), Holy well NW of Roche Station (6.8 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

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Civil War

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Geology

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm

6 km

Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow

6.7 km

Holy well NW of Roche Station

6.8 km

Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage

7 km

Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church

7.7 km

Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm

8 km

A henge re-used as a medieval playing place, 75m north east of Castle Hill Farm

8.1 km

Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church

8.8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon

A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around A platform barrow, a saucer barrow and a disc barrow 470m ENE of St Breock Beacon

Battle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~10.3 miles Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.2 miles Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~12.9 miles

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