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Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Ruan Lanihorne in Cornwall. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound characteristic of the Bronze Age burial tradition in southwest England, typically constructed during the second millennium BC to serve as a communal or individual grave monument. Such barrows represent important evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the region. The monument retains archaeological significance as part of the wider Bronze Age landscape of the Cornish peninsula.
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004338. View the official record →
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Ruan Lanihorne in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004338.
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church 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 1004338.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool (0.3 km), Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Mount Hermon (0.8 km), Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is ultramafitite.