Trevellas Barrow |
| Hob Uid: 428340 | |
Location :
Cornwall
St. Agnes
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| Grid Ref : SW7341052240 |
| Summary : The site of a round barrow, excavated in 1940. Prior to excavation it survived to a maximum height of 0.45 metres and had a diameter of 8.8 metres. The centre had been previously disturbed by a miners pit, with the central deposit robbed out, however several sherds of pottery, possibly of a bucket urn were recovered. The barrow may have formed part of a cemetery. |
More information : (SW 73415224) Tumulus (NR). (1)
Trevellas Barrow was excavated during the summer of 1940 by
C.K.C.Andrew for MOW. It was a round barrow and 'had a turf
structure and an intact ritual deposit. There were a few sherds
of a bucket urn'. Destroyed (4).
A low spread mound indicates the remains of the barrow.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (5)
(SW 73415224) Trevellas Barrow, although situated on its own it may have been a southwestern outlier of a group of barrows described by Richard Thomas (SW 75 SW 8). It survived to a maximum height of 0.45m, diameter 8.8m. The centre had been previously disturbed by a miners pit, with the central deposit robbed out, however several sherds of pottery, possibly of a bucket urn were recovered. These are now lost. The mound comprised of a turf stack, possibly revetted. Near to the centre a pit was located. This was filled with charcoal and burnt bone. An additional pit was also located.
The barrow probably belongs to the mid-2nd millennium BC. (6)
The barrow is included on a distribution map of Bronze Age sites in Cornwall. (7)
The site of this round barrow lies in arable ground adjacent to the end of one of the main tarmac runways of Trevellas Airfield (SW 75 SW 54). The area was under standing crop in August 2002; it seems unlikely that any trace of the mound now survives. (8) |