Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields

Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields

England
List entry 1004369
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004369
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SW 81924 62148, SW 82013 62220, SW 82064 62280
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three Bowl Barrows is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated at Barrowfields in Cornwall, England. The site comprises three round barrows that formed part of a larger cemetery of burial mounds, representing an important concentration of prehistoric funerary activity. The barrows are bowl-shaped in form, characteristic of Bronze Age burial monuments, and their survival within what was once a more extensive barrow field demonstrates the significance of this location as a burial ground during the later prehistoric period. The site's designation reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of ritual practices and settlement patterns in prehistoric Cornwall.

Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004369. View the official record →

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What is Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields?

Three Bowl Barrows is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated at Barrowfields in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004369.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields?

Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields 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 1004369.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 500m north west of Higher Ennis Farm (8.7 km), Two bowl barrows 290m and 375m north of Higher Ennis Farm (8.8 km), Round barrow cemetery 420m north east of Higher Ennis Farm (8.8 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields

Three bowl barrows, once part of a round barrow cemetery, at Barrowfields stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.