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Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type that was constructed during the Bronze Age for the interment of high-status individuals. Such monuments are distributed across the Cornish landscape and represent an important phase of ritual and burial practice in the region during the second and early first millennia BC. The site's survival and formal recognition on the National Heritage List for England indicates its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary customs.
Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004434. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004434.
Bowl barrow 780m east of Penventon 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 1004434.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small multivallate hillfort on Bury Down, 530m north-east of South Park (3 km), Wayside cross 135m north west of The Cockpit in Boconnoc Park (3.6 km), Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge (4.8 km).
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