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Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Cornwall. The cairn comprises a mound of stones constructed as a burial structure, typical of ceremonial practices during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were erected across southwest England. Its position on elevated moorland reflects the Bronze Age preference for prominent landscape locations for burial cairns. The site remains an important record of prehistoric funerary traditions in the Cornish uplands.
Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007478. View the official record →
Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007478.
Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 625m ESE of Higher Gillhouse 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 1007478.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm (6.4 km), Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick (7.3 km), Largin Castle (8.7 km).
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