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Three bowl barrows 815m north west of Leech Pool is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The site comprises three distinct bowl barrows, the most basic and common form of round barrow, which date to the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. The barrows are situated within a wider landscape of funerary monuments on Goonhilly Downs, an area that preserves multiple examples of prehistoric burial practice and demonstrates the ritual significance of the moorland location. The site is recorded as a scheduled monument and represents an important survival of Bronze Age funerary archaeology in west Cornwall.
Three bowl barrows 815m north west of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004366. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 815m north west of Leech Pool is a Bronze Age burial monument 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 1004366.
Three bowl barrows 815m north west of Leech Pool 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 1004366.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church (5.4 km), Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool (5.7 km), Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage (6.1 km).
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Three bowl barrows 815m north west of Leech Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is ultramafitite.