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Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of an extensive round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The cemetery comprises a platform barrow, a distinctive monument type with a flat or slightly raised base, accompanied by four bowl barrows, the most common form of round barrow found in prehistoric Britain. These monuments date to the Bronze Age, a period during which such funerary structures were constructed across the Cornish landscape as markers of elite or family burial sites. The grouping demonstrates the concentrated use of this upland area for mortuary purposes and contributes significantly to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in Cornwall.
Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004367. View the official record →
Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of an extensive round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004367.
Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly 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 1004367.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church (3.3 km), Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool (3.6 km), Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage (3.9 km).
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Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is ultramafitite.