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Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow

England
List entry 1004232
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004232
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SW9996367138
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tregawne Barrow is a bowl barrow located in Cornwall, England, and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1004232. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of burial mound common to prehistoric Britain, constructed as a rounded earthwork to cover and commemorate the dead. As a bowl barrow, it would originally have possessed a distinctive bowl-shaped profile, though like many such monuments, its present form reflects the effects of time and land use. The site preserves important archaeological evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in Cornwall.

Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004232. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow?

Tregawne Barrow is a bowl barrow located in Cornwall, England, and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1004232. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004232.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow?

Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow 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 1004232.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holy well NW of Roche Station (5.6 km), Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage (6 km), Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate (6.7 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Holy well NW of Roche Station
5.6 km
Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
6 km
Medieval wayside cross at Lockengate
6.7 km
Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow
7.2 km
Churchyard cross in Roche churchyard, 10m south of the church
7.5 km
Medieval chapel of St Michael's on Roche Rock
7.6 km
Round cairn with beacon called Hensbarrow
9.6 km
Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow

Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow called Tregawne Barrow

Battle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.5 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~9.5 milesBattle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~11.2 miles
Domesday entry for Withiel, Cornwall →
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