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Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs is a Bronze Age burial site located in Cornwall, England. The cemetery consists of multiple round barrows, the characteristic funeral monuments of Bronze Age communities in southern Britain, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. These earthwork mounds would have contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their interred individuals. Such barrow cemeteries represent important archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns, social organisation, and funerary practice in the region.
Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004233. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs is a Bronze Age burial site located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004233.
Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn 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 1004233.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 270m south west of Castle Hill Farm (6.1 km), Holy well NW of Roche Station (6.5 km), Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow cemetery on Hustyn Downs stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.