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Woolley barrows

England
List entry 1006719
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006719
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
SS 26264 16598, SS 26197 16539
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Woolley barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows dating to the second millennium BC, representing a significant concentration of burial mounds from the prehistoric period. These earthworks reflect the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in south-west England, and their survival as discrete archaeological features provides evidence of settlement and land use patterns in this region during antiquity. The barrows remain an important archaeological resource for understanding the material culture and mortuary behaviour of Bronze Age populations in Cornwall.

Woolley barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006719. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Woolley barrows?

Woolley barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006719.

Who is responsible for protecting Woolley barrows?

Woolley barrows 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 1006719.

What other scheduled monuments are near Woolley barrows?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle 900m ESE of Burridge Farm (5.4 km), Iron Age defended settlement 800m north of Lymsworthy Farm (5.4 km), Round 550m east of Stowe Barton (6.6 km).

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Overview
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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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte and bailey castle 900m ESE of Burridge Farm
5.4 km
Iron Age defended settlement 800m north of Lymsworthy Farm
5.4 km
Round 550m east of Stowe Barton
6.6 km
Round 210m north east of Northcott Park Quarry
8 km
Round 300m south east of Browhill
8.4 km
Three bowl barrows on the coastal ridges above Bude Bay
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 100m north of Lishaperhill
10 km
Motte and bailey castle called East Leigh Berrys
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Woolley barrows

Woolley barrows stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Woolley barrows

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~6.3 miles
Domesday entry for Meddon, Devon →
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