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Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross

England
List entry 1004269
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004269
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SW 70666 27704
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. The barrow takes the form of a circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a burial type commonly constructed during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The site's survival and official recognition reflect its significance as evidence of Bronze Age activity in Cornwall.

Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004269. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross?

Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004269.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross?

Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross 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 1004269.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle 500yds (460m) S of Trelan Plantation (9.3 km), Three bowl barrows 1295m east of Trenoon forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs (9.4 km), Two bowl barrows and one platform barrow between 600m and 830m south east of Trudnoe Farm (9.5 km).

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Monuments
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hut circle 500yds (460m) S of Trelan Plantation
9.3 km
Three bowl barrows 1295m east of Trenoon forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.4 km
Two bowl barrows and one platform barrow between 600m and 830m south east of Trudnoe Farm
9.5 km
Hut circle settlement 950yds (870m) NW of Gwenter Farm
9.6 km
Three bowl barrows 550m NNW of Gwenter Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 800m north west of Gwenter Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 1080m NNW of Gwendreath Farm forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.9 km
Small circular earthwork 500yds (460m) N of Gweal Goose
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross

Bowl barrow at Tolvan Cross stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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