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HER Number:16073.02
Name:CHAPEL CARN BREA - Bronze Age barrow

Summary

A small disturbed barrow first recorded by Henderson and sketch surveyed by Gerrard in 1985.

Grid Reference:SW 3862 2804
Parish:St Just, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT SMR NO 91399
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 16073.02
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW32NE 47

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

In the early C20 Henderson recorded a barrow on the SSE slopes of Chapel Carn Brea (b1). The grid reference given by Russell is SW 3860 2805 (b2). In 1985 the area was sketch surveyed by Gerrard for CAU and the traces of a barrow were noted at SW 3862 2805. It was recorded as a small disturbed and overgrown barrow approx 8.0m diameter; the height was not recorded. It has part of a retaining wall encircling a mound containing a central cist (h1). Further fieldwork by CAU failed to trace this feature at either Russell's or Gerrard's locations. The former location is immediately south east of Chapel Carn Brea summit cairn in an area obliterated by modern features (post-wartime demolition and the Old Cornwall Society's bonfire site). There was no trace of the barrow in the area indicated by Gerrard: this part of the hill has natural breaks in slope and a few outcropping boulders (h2, b7).

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Site history:
1: 1985. GERRARD, GAM / CAU
2: 1990. THOMAS, N / CAU
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<1> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 107 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

<2> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 18 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 17 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<4> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 2/15 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<5> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 68/4/SW3828 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.

<6> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 243 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<7> Thomas, N, 1990, Chapel Carn Brea, National Trust Report, 26 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4663.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914. Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities. MS At RIC. VOL II, 107.
[2]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 18.
[3]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 17.
[4]SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 2/15.
[5]SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 68/4/SW3828.
[6]SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 243.
[7]SCO4663 - Cornwall Event Report: Thomas, N. 1990. Chapel Carn Brea, National Trust Report. 26.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

16073Part of: CHAPEL CARN BREA - Neolithic barrow cemetery, Bronze Age barrow cemetery (Monument)

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