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Bowl barrow at Red Post is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. The barrow takes the form of a circular mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile, a characteristic feature of Bronze Age burial practice in southern Britain. Such monuments typically date from the second millennium before the present and served as burial places for individuals of some social standing within their communities. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1005438, indicating its recognition as a monument of archaeological importance.
Bowl barrow at Red Post is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005438. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Red Post is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005438.
Bowl barrow at Red Post 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 1005438.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round called Froxton Wood Castle (5.6 km), Slight univallate hillfort called Hilton Wood Castle (5.6 km), St Anne's Well, in Whitstone churchyard (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Red Post'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 at Red Post stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.