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Five bowl barrows 480m and 510m north of Hendra Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising five distinct burial mounds located in Cornwall. The barrows are characteristic examples of Bronze Age mortuary practice, representing the tradition of constructing earthen mounds over single or multiple burials during the second millennium BCE. Such monuments served both as burial repositories and as visible territorial markers within the prehistoric landscape. The site's preservation and documentation reflect the archaeological importance of Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary sites across the Cornish peninsula.
Five bowl barrows 480m and 510m north of Hendra Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019021. View the official record →
Five bowl barrows 480m and 510m north of Hendra Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising five distinct burial mounds located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019021.
Five bowl barrows 480m and 510m north of Hendra Farm 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 1019021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large univallate hillfort in Bishop's Wood (5.7 km), Round 450m south of Tregeagle (7.1 km), Wayside cross in Holy Trinity churchyard, Tresillian (7.2 km).
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Five bowl barrows 480m and 510m north of Hendra Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.