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Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs is a cluster of Bronze Age burial mounds located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises multiple barrows, monuments typical of the prehistoric period when such earthen mounds served as communal or individual burial structures for the local population. These Bronze Age barrows represent an important archaeological resource for understanding settlement patterns and funerary practices in prehistoric Cornwall. The precise configuration and condition of the individual mounds within the group reflect the varying states of preservation common to such monuments across the Cornish landscape.
Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005458. View the official record →
Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs is a cluster of Bronze Age burial mounds located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005458.
Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs 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 1005458.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ornamented cross shaft at Glynn (8.3 km), Carminow Cross, south east of Bodmin (8.4 km), Four bowl barrows north of Greymare Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.