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Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm

England
List entry 1004465
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004465
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.53 hectares
Grid reference
SX 20030 54415
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows, earthen mounds constructed during the Bronze Age as burial chambers for individuals of status within prehistoric communities. Such barrow cemeteries represent important concentrations of funerary activity and provide evidence for settlement patterns, social organisation, and burial practices during the Bronze Age period. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1004465, reflecting its archaeological significance and protected status.

Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004465. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm?

Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004465.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm?

Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton 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 1004465.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra (0.6 km), Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole (0.9 km), Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork (1.3 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

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra
0.6 km
Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole
0.9 km
Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork
1.3 km
Slight univallate hillfort with outworks called Hall Rings
1.7 km
Bowl barrow called 'Mabel Barrow', 400m south-west of Higher Polgassic
3.1 km
Linear boundary called the Giant's Hedge
3.6 km
Wayside cross in Lansallos churchyard
4 km
Small stone circle at Duloe, 150m south east of Stonetown Farm
5.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm

Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~5.6 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~6.1 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~6.3 miles
Domesday entry for Pelynt, Cornwall →
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