Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra

England
List entry 1004621
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004621
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
SX1933154599, SX1942454503, SX1946154548
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises three burial mounds of the type characteristic of the Early to Middle Bronze Age, when such earthworks served as communal or individual repositories for the dead. Bowl barrows of this period typically feature a central burial chamber beneath a dome-shaped earthen mound, often surrounded by a ditch from which material was extracted during construction. The three barrows at this location represent a clustering pattern common in Bronze Age funerary landscapes, where multiple burial monuments were established in proximity to one another, suggesting their use by related communities or lineages over successive generations.

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004621. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra?

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004621.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra?

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra 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 1004621.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole (0.3 km), Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm (0.6 km), Bake Rings later prehistoric-Roman round with attached enclosure and outwork (0.7 km).

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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra

Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.