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Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church

England
List entry 1019501
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019501
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SW 77756 43202
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Goodern Barrow is a round barrow located approximately 550 metres east of St Michael's Church in Cornwall. The monument is a burial mound of Bronze Age date, typical of the funerary monuments constructed across southwestern England during the second millennium before the present era. Round barrows of this type served as focal points for burial practices and often contained inhumations or cremations within central chambers or pits. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument and remains a significant record of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in the Cornish landscape.

Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019501. View the official record →

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What is Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church?

Goodern Barrow is a round barrow located approximately 550 metres east of St Michael's Church in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019501.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church?

Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael'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 1019501.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross in the grounds of Enys (7 km), Cross in the Vicarage Garden (7.6 km), Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard (7.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross in the grounds of Enys
7 km
Cross in the Vicarage Garden
7.6 km
Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard
7.6 km
Wayside cross 290m west of Trevales Farm
8 km
Wayside cross 95m ESE of Trevales House
8.1 km
Wayside cross 100m south east of Tretheague House
8.5 km
Fish Cross: standing cross immediately east of the Town Hall
8.8 km
D-day landing craft maintenance site at Mylor harbour
8.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church

Round barrow known as Goodern Barrow, 550m east of St Michael's Church stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Goodern, Cornwall →
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