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Bowl barrow 640m south of Killarney is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. The barrow takes the form of a low earthen mound with a circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically served as burial places for high-status individuals and their grave goods, reflecting the funerary practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in Cornwall.
Bowl barrow 640m south of Killarney is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004450. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 640m south of Killarney is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004450.
Bowl barrow 640m south of Killarney 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 1004450.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round 210m north east of Northcott Park Quarry (6.4 km), Round 300m south east of Browhill (6.7 km), Bowl barrow 100m north of Lishaperhill (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 640m south of Killarney'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 640m south of Killarney stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.