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| HER Number: | 16073.08 |
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| Name: | CHAPEL CARN BREA - Bronze Age barrow |
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Summary
Remains of a possible round barrow.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT SMR NO 91382
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 16073.08
Monument Type(s):
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
Full description
Immediately east of long cairn 16087 is a low round mound of cairn material 0.3m high and approx 5.0m diameter. In the middle is an oval pit 2.0m by 1.0m wide and 0.5m deep (h1). The mound has the appearance of a small round barrow with an antiquarian robbing pit in the centre. Alternatively this may be material that has been removed from the long cairn at some time.
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Site history:
1: 1990. THOMAS, N / CAU
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<1> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 243 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.
<2> Thomas, N, 1990, Chapel Carn Brea, National Trust Report, 22 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4663.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 243. |
| [2] | SCO4663 - Cornwall Event Report: Thomas, N. 1990. Chapel Carn Brea, National Trust Report. 22. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 16073 | Part of: CHAPEL CARN BREA - Neolithic barrow cemetery, Bronze Age barrow cemetery (Monument) |
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