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Six bowl barrows at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising multiple burial mounds situated on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The barrows form part of a larger round barrow cemetery that characterises the prehistoric landscape of this moorland plateau. Bowl barrows are amongst the simplest forms of Bronze Age burial monument, consisting of earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains, and these examples at Goonhilly represent typical monuments of the second and first millennia BC. The site preserves significant evidence of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns on the Cornish uplands, contributing to understanding of prehistoric ceremonial and burial traditions in south-west Britain.
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 is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising multiple burial mounds situated 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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