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Burial chamber on St Breock Downs is a Neolithic monument located on the upland landscape of St Breock Downs in Cornwall. The structure dates to the Neolithic period and represents the type of communal burial monument characteristic of prehistoric Cornwall, reflecting practices in monumental architecture and funerary ritual during this early period of settlement. The chamber itself would have served as a focus for ritual activity and the deposition of the dead, contributing to our understanding of Neolithic social organisation and ceremonial practices in south-west England.
Burial chamber on St Breock Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004475. View the official record →
Burial chamber on St Breock Downs is a Neolithic monument located on the upland landscape of St Breock Downs in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004475.
Burial chamber on St Breock Downs 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 1004475.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm (5.7 km), Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow (6.2 km), Holy well NW of Roche Station (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burial chamber on St Breock Downs's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Burial chamber on St Breock Downs stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.