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Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon

England
List entry 1019156
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019156
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SW 81200 41244
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents a burial tradition characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such monuments were constructed across southern Britain as focal points for elite and community interment. The site's survival as a discrete archaeological feature contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Cornish landscape. As a scheduled monument under the National Heritage List for England, the barrow remains subject to statutory protection.

Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019156. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon?

Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019156.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon?

Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon 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 1019156.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Mylor churchyard (6.1 km), Wayside cross in St Peter's churchyard, Flushing (7.2 km), Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall (7.4 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
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
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

Churchyard cross in St Mylor churchyard
6.1 km
Wayside cross in St Peter's churchyard, Flushing
7.2 km
Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall
7.4 km
College known as Glasney College, Penryn
7.5 km
Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden
7.6 km
Early 20th century gun battery 150m north of St Mawes Castle
8.8 km
Holy well of St Mawes, 80m east of St Mawes Methodist Church
8.9 km
St Mawes Castle
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon

Round barrow 290m north east of Penventon stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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