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Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra

England
List entry 1016167
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016167
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.66 hectares
Grid reference
SW 79390 55433
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Twelve Barrows is a linear barrow group situated approximately 300 metres east of Higher Hendra in Cornwall, England. The monument consists of a series of Bronze Age burial mounds arranged in a distinctive linear formation, representing a significant funerary landscape from the second millennium before the present. Such linear barrow arrangements are characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in southwestern England and indicate repeated use of the site for interment over an extended period. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary customs and settlement patterns in this region of Cornwall.

Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016167. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra?

Twelve Barrows is a linear barrow group situated approximately 300 metres east of Higher Hendra in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016167.

Who is responsible for protecting Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra?

Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher 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 1016167.

What other scheduled monuments are near Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Four Burrows (7.9 km), Hillfort 225m north east of Bosvisack (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 425m north west of Little Regarded Farm (9.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Four Burrows
7.9 km
Hillfort 225m north east of Bosvisack
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 425m north west of Little Regarded Farm
9.4 km
Round 200m north west of Penventinnie
9.4 km
The Three Burrows
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 325m south of Hurlingbarrow
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 125m south of St Peter's Church at Three Burrows
9.6 km
Bowl barrow immediately north west of Mingoose Plantation
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra

Twelve Barrows: a linear barrow group 300m east of Higher Hendra stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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