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Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. The site consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a burial form prevalent during the Bronze Age when such monuments served as the focal points of ritual and sepulchral practice. The barrow's physical form comprises a mound surrounded by a shallow ditch, a configuration typical of this monument class. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary traditions in the Cornish landscape.
Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005451. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005451.
Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill 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 1005451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cyor's well house (5.2 km), Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow (5.9 km), Combined viaduct and aqueduct called Treffry Viaduct (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm'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.
Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.