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Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs

England
List entry 1004628
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004628
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SW 72685 17979
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The barrow forms part of a larger cemetery of round barrows distributed across this upland landscape, a characteristic pattern of Bronze Age burial practice in southwest England. The monument survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork, representing a burial mound type typical of the second and later Bronze Age periods. Such barrow cemeteries on Goonhilly Downs reflect the significance of this area as a focus for ritual and burial activity during the Bronze Age.

Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004628. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs?

Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004628.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs?

Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly 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 1004628.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage (3.1 km), Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church (3.1 km), Promontory fort at Lankidden (3.3 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Geology
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LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage
3.1 km
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church
3.1 km
Promontory fort at Lankidden
3.3 km
Bowl barrow 440m south east of Mount Hermon
3.4 km
Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool
3.4 km
Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Mount Hermon
3.5 km
Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm
3.5 km
Tower mill 75m west of Windmill Farm
4.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs

Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is ultramafitite.

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