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Summary

A group of four barrows of which two are chambered, with possibly a third, now severely damaged.

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 923.50
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 13
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30726

Monument Type(s):

• BARROW CEMETERY (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2501 BC)
• BARROW CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

The OS map of 1908 marks four barrows at Treen (b5), recorded by Borlase (b1) and Blight (b2) and mentioned by Henderson (b6) and Hencken (b7). Daniel in 1950 describes the barrow group. The most northerly is chambered (30726.1), as is the barrow third from the north (30726.3), whilst the most southerly may be chambered (30726.4) (b9). The barrows were surveyed at 1:2500 by the OS in 1961 (h1) and each is a Scheduled Monument. Russell in 1971 lists the extant remains of four barrows at Treen (b12). Three of the barrows (30726.1, .3 and .4) are visible on air photographs (p2, p3) and were plotted for the NMP.

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Site history:
1: 1961. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
3: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
4: 1984. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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Jackson, M. & Jackson, A., 2006, Ancient Stones of Kernow (Booklet). SCO27463.

<1> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 73 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

OSP, 1961, AO/61/15/4 (Photographic Record). SCO13752.

<2> Blight, JT, 1870, The Cromlechs of Cornwall, 162-164 (Unpublished document). SCO2870.

NMR, 1977, SW4337/1/47&8 (Photographic Record). SCO16256.

<3> UNKNOWN, 1883, UNKNOWN TITLE, 310 (Unedited Source). SCO6406.

NMR, 1979, SW4436/6/1 (Photographic Record). SCO16613.

<4> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 359 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 6 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4051.

<6> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 187-188 PL 196 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

<7> Hencken, H O'N, 1932, The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly, 40, 139 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3489.

<8> Patchett, FM, 1944, Cornish Bronze Age Pottery, VOL 101, TABLE 6, 42 (Article in Journal). SCO4087.

<9> Daniel, GE, 1950, The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales, 237-238 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3204.

<10> Apsimon, AM, 1957, Cornish Bronze Age Pottery, VOL II, 2, 42 (Article in Journal). SCO5085.

<11> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<12> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 26 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<13> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

<14> Barnatt, J, 1982, Prehistoric Cornwall: The Ceremonial Monuments, 139-141, 246 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2777.

<15> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 6 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4051.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO6154 - Ancient Penwith Site Assessment Form
• ECO6165 - Ancient Penwith: an archaeological assessment of sites in West Penwith for the PLP (Ref: 2016R069)

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