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Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation

England
List entry 1016059
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016059
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SW 72767 48376
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Cornwall, England. The barrow takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped mound characteristic of Early Bronze Age burial practices in the south-west of England, typically dating to between 2000 and 1500 BC. Such monuments served as focal points for community burial and ritual activity, with the mound constructed over cremated or inhumed remains. The site's designation within the historic environment record reflects its importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Cornish landscape.

Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016059. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation?

Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016059.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation?

Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation 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 1016059.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman milestone at Mynheer Farm (6.4 km), Wayside cross in Gwennap churchyard (8.3 km), East Pool Mine (8.4 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
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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

Roman milestone at Mynheer Farm
6.4 km
Wayside cross in Gwennap churchyard
8.3 km
East Pool Mine
8.4 km
Neolithic hilltop enclosure with later settlement and defensive structures, a prehistoric field system, a medieval castle and deer park and mineral workings on Carn Brea
8.6 km
Bowl barrow 230m east of Trewirgie Farm
9.3 km
Round 280m south west of Trebowland
9.6 km
Round barrow 40m south west of Hilltop Cottage
9.9 km
Wayside cross on Whitcross Hill, immediately north of Seaview Terrace
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation

Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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