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Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm

England

List entry 1007470

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1007470

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.05 hectares

Grid reference

SX 19646 72586

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the Cornish moorland. The structure consists of a circular cairn of stone, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period when such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites. The monument's survival on Browngelly Downs reflects the preservation of Bronze Age ritual landscapes in this upland region of Cornwall, where numerous comparable cairns and burial features mark the archaeological significance of the area.

Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007470. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm?

Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the Cornish moorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007470.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm?

Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m 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 1007470.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm (6.2 km), Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick (7.1 km), Largin Castle (8.5 km).

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Overview

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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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Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

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Literature

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Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm

6.2 km

Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick

7.1 km

Largin Castle

8.5 km

Tawna Downs round barrows

8.6 km

Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm

9.4 km

Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse

9.4 km

Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery

9.6 km

Bowl barrow 230m south west of Middle Taphouse Farm, forming part of a round barrow cemetery

9.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm

Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~6.1 miles Battle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.7 miles Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.9 miles Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.5 miles

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