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Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The monument comprises a linear arrangement of eleven burial mounds associated with a stone alignment, dating to the second millennium before Christ, and represents a significant concentration of ritual activity characteristic of Bronze Age settlement patterns in upland Cornwall. The barrows, which would originally have stood as prominent earthen mounds, served as burial monuments for high-status individuals or community groups, whilst the stone alignment reflects the ceremonial importance of the site within the prehistoric landscape. This complex, positioned within the wider network of Bronze Age monuments across Bodmin Moor, contributes substantially to understanding funerary practices and territorial organisation during the Bronze Age period in south-west England.
Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021161. View the official record →
Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021161.
Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row 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 1021161.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church (5.2 km), Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow (6.2 km), Cross Putty, medieval wayside cross-base 70m south east of Bosworgey Cottage (6.3 km).
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Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.