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| HER Number: | 4666 |
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| Name: | BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow cemetery |
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Summary
A linear group of fifteen barrows, only three of which now survive.
| Grid Reference: | None recorded |
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| Parish: | Newquay, Restormel, Cornwall |
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Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW86SW 30
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 4666
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW86SW 75-117
Monument Type(s):
Full description
A linear group of fifteen barrows, only three of which now survive (4666.03 - 4666.05).
The existence of barrows is suggested by the field-names 'Burrows' and 'Burrows Moor' in the 1840 Tithe Award (b1). The only description of the group as a whole is an early C19 account in the West Briton of its destruction (b2-b4). According to this, there were fifteen barrows on the cliff top placed nearly in line, some connected by curved mounds, the largest having long been used as sea marks. Three barrows were destroyed between 1819 and 1821 (4666.08 - 4666.10) and the rest were due to be removed shortly.
Two or three of the barrrows (4666.01 - 4666.02 and 4666.06) were excavated during the C19 and these may be the same ones that survive today (4666.03 - 4666.05). The latter three have been severely mutilated, but are Scheduled Monuments (h1), which were re-survyed by the OS in 1962 (h2) and are now grass covered and in generally good condition (h3).
Flint flake and arrowheads from Barrowfields are now at Plymouth Museum (b5, b6). Two excavated urns are at the Royal Institution of Cornwall.
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Site history:
h1: 1952. SAUNDERS, AD / IAM
h2: 1962. QUINNELL, NV / OS
h3: 1982. SHEPPARD, P / FMW
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Tithe Award, 1840s, St Columb Minor, FIELD NOS 463, 464 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4871.
WEST BRITON, 1819, West Briton, 5/2/1819 (Article in newspaper). SCO5817.
WEST BRITON, 1821, West Briton article, 10/8/1821 (Article in newspaper). SCO5830.
Douch, HL, 1962, Archaeological Discoveries Recorded Before 1855, VOL 1, 93-95 (Article in Journal). SCO3240.
Sheppard, PA & Woolf, C, 1981, Crantock Checklist, VOL 21, 198, 203 (Article in Journal). SCO4427.
Institute Of Cornish Studies, 19--, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornish Studies, VOL IX, 60 (Article in Serial). SCO6844.
Sources / Further Reading
| [b1] | SCO4871 - Bibliographic reference: Tithe Award. 1840s. St Columb Minor. FIELD NOS 463, 464. |
| [b2] | SCO5817 - Article in newspaper: WEST BRITON. 1819. West Briton. WEST BRITON. 5/2/1819. |
| [b3] | SCO5830 - Article in newspaper: WEST BRITON. 1821. West Briton article. WEST BRITON. 10/8/1821. |
| [b4] | SCO3240 - Article in Journal: Douch, HL. 1962. Archaeological Discoveries Recorded Before 1855. Cornish Archaeology. 1. VOL 1, 93-95. |
| [b5] | SCO4427 - Article in Journal: Sheppard, PA & Woolf, C. 1981. Crantock Checklist. Cornish Archaeology. 20. VOL 21, 198, 203. |
| [b6] | SCO6844 - Article in Serial: Institute Of Cornish Studies. 19--. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornish Studies. JRIC. VOL IX, 60. |
Associated Finds
- FCO3794 - ARROWHEAD (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
- FCO4271 - FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
- FCO2969 - HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
- FCO2968 - URN (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 4666.01 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.02 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.03 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.04 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.05 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.06 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.07 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.09 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.10 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.08 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.11 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.13 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.14 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.15 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.16 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 4666.12 | Parent of: BARROWFIELDS - Possible Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
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