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Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Cornwall, approximately 850 metres north-east of Higher Denzell. The site comprises eight distinct earthworks: seven round barrows of varying sizes and a single ring barrow, forming a linear or clustered distribution across the open moorland. These monuments date to the Bronze Age and represent burial practices typical of the second and early first millennia before Christ, when such mounds served as above-ground sepulchral structures for prominent individuals and communities. The preservation of multiple barrows in close proximity at this location is archaeologically significant, as such groupings reflect patterns of burial site reuse and the ritual importance of particular locations across generations.
Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021007. View the official record →
Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Cornwall, approximately 850 metres north-east of Higher Denzell. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021007.
Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell 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 1021007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church (4.2 km), Cross Putty, medieval wayside cross-base 70m south east of Bosworgey Cottage (4.6 km), St Pedyr's Well, Treloy (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Seven round barrows and a ring barrow on Bear's Downs and Denzell Downs, 850m north east of Higher Denzell stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.