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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 →
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.
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.
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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