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Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs

England
List entry 1004380
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004380
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SW 73423 19339
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The barrow forms part of a substantial round barrow cemetery on the Downs, which represents concentrated burial activity during the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork, a common barrow type of this era, and contributes to the archaeological significance of the barrow complex in this area of west Cornwall.

Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004380. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs?

Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool 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 1004380.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs?

Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool 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 1004380.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle with associated field system 100yds (90m) NNW of Poldowrian Farm (2.8 km), Promontory fort at Lankidden (3.6 km), Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church (4.5 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hut circle with associated field system 100yds (90m) NNW of Poldowrian Farm
2.8 km
Promontory fort at Lankidden
3.6 km
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church
4.5 km
Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage
4.6 km
Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool
4.8 km
Bowl barrow 440m south east of Mount Hermon
4.9 km
Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Mount Hermon
5 km
Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs

Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool 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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