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HER Number:30689
Name:BOSKEDNAN - Bronze Age barrow

Summary

Remains of a barrow recorded by WC Borlase, with a central excavation pit revealing a possible cist.

Grid Reference:SW 4326 3530
Parish:Madron, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument CO653: Two round barrows 250yds (230m) NNE of Nine Maidens

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 89.1
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30689
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 51

Monument Type(s):

  • BARROW (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

WC Borlase records the remains of a barrow 182m north-west of Boskednan stone circle (30684) (b3) which is possibly that mentioned by Borlase in 1740 as containing a cist (30689.1) (b1). Russell in 1971 lists the extant remains of a mound with some walling stones (b4). The OS surveyed the site at 1:2500 in 1975 and recorded a barrow up to 1.3m high, 14m overall in diameter, but with part of a retaining circle 10m in diameter. There is a central excavation pit and between this and the western edge is a flat stone which may be the capstone of a cist (h1). Sketch survey at 1:2500 by Gerrard in 1985 recorded the inner stones tilting inwards (h2, b5, b6).
The site is covered with some gorse and heather around the perimeter but the top is cleared once a year by CASPN and so is now rough grass and thin bracken (pers comm: AP-J, 2010).

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Site history:
1: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
2: 1985. GERRARD, GAM / CAU
3: 2010, AP-J, HES
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<1> Borlase, W, 1740, Parochial Memoranda, 9 (Unpublished document). SCO2884.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1868, UNKNOWN TITLE, MARCH 1868, 312-314 (Unedited Source). SCO6243.

<3> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 283 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

<4> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 14 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<5> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 235 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<6> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 684, SW 4335 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO2884 - Unpublished document: Borlase, W. 1740. Parochial Memoranda. MS At RIC. 9.
[2]SCO6243 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1868. UNKNOWN TITLE. GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. MARCH 1868, 312-314.
[3]SCO2892 - Bibliographic reference: Borlase, WC. 1872. Naenia Cornubiae. 283.
[4]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 14.
[5]SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 235.
[6]SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 684, SW 4335.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

30689.10Parent of: BOSKEDNAN - Bronze Age cist (Monument)

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