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Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station are Bronze Age burial monuments forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. These earthen mounds, typical of the early Bronze Age period, represent ritual and funerary practices of communities inhabiting the Cornish uplands during the second millennium BC. The barrows at this location constitute one of several such groupings recorded across the Downs, indicative of sustained use of the landscape for burial purposes over generations. The site's survival within the modern satellite earth station complex underscores the archaeological significance of this area despite later industrial development.
Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003093. View the official record →
Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station are Bronze Age burial monuments forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003093.
Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly 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 1003093.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church (5.4 km), Promontory fort at Lankidden (5.7 km), Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool (5.7 km).
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