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Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm

England
List entry 1007481
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007481
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 19621 72658
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall, situated 880 metres east-south-east of Higher Gillhouse Farm. The site consists of a cairn of stones surrounded by a bank, a form typical of prehistoric funerary structures in the South West. Such banked cairns represent an important class of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial architecture, reflecting the ritual practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in the region. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument and remains a significant archaeological resource for understanding the prehistoric settlement and burial practices of Bronze Age Cornwall.

Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007481. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm?

Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall, situated 880 metres east-south-east of Higher Gillhouse Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007481.

Who is responsible for protecting Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm?

Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm 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 1007481.

What other scheduled monuments are near Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm (6.2 km), Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick (7.2 km), Largin Castle (8.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm
6.2 km
Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
7.2 km
Largin Castle
8.6 km
Tawna Downs round barrows
8.7 km
Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
9.5 km
Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm
9.5 km
Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
9.7 km
Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm

Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~6.1 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.7 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.9 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.5 miles
Domesday entry for Draynes, Cornwall →
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