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HER Number:30896
Name:MULFRA HILL - Bronze Age barrow

Summary

Remains of a barrow on Mulfra Hill, first recorded in 1857.

Grid Reference:SW 4517 3547
Parish:Madron, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NE 70C
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30896
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NE 127

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

Russell in 1971 lists an extant barrow on Mulfra Hill comprising a cairn of stones (b3). It is recorded by Edmonds in 1857 (b1) and was excavated by WC Borlase in 1871 when he found charcoal and a pebble (b2). The barrow was surveyed at 1:2500 by the OS in 1960 (h1) and 1975 and measures 11m in diameter and 0.9m high (h2). It is marked on the OS map of 1982 (b4).

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Site history:
1: 1960. GEARY, E / OS
2: 1975. UNKNOWN / OS
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Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, GRH 68/2/24/3/1, Mulfra Hill Cairns, 1:100 (Cartographic materials). SCO24680.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, GRH 68/2/24/3/2, Mulfra Hill Cairns Explanatory Overlay, 1:100 (Cartographic materials). SCO24681.

<1> Edmonds, R, 1857, The Celtic and other Antiquities of the Land's End district of Cornwall, 353 (Article in Journal). SCO5096.

<2> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 61 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 20 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO24680 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. GRH 68/2/24/3/1, Mulfra Hill Cairns, 1:100.
---SCO24681 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. GRH 68/2/24/3/2, Mulfra Hill Cairns Explanatory Overlay, 1:100.
[1]SCO5096 - Article in Journal: Edmonds, R. 1857. The Celtic and other Antiquities of the Land's End district of Cornwall. Archaeologia Cambrensis. 3 (Third Series). 350-368. 353.
[2]SCO2892 - Bibliographic reference: Borlase, WC. 1872. Naenia Cornubiae. 61.
[3]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 20.
[4]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.

Associated Finds

  • FCO763 - PLANT REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
  • FCO4029 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

Associated Images

GRH 68/2/24/3/1-2 Combined
Annotated scale drawings (1:100) of several cairns on Mulfra Hill, undated.
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