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Summary

The now very spread and plough damaged remains of the southern barrow at Treen.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO46A-C: Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 293.50
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 13.4
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30726.40
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 80

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

One of a group of four barrows (30726) marked on the OS map of 1908 (b5) and described by Daniel in 1950 (b9). The OS who surveyed the barrow at 1:2500 in 1961 record the most southerly of the group is now unrecognisable as a barrow. The mound has a maximum height of 1.3m and is very spread with the centre having been robbed and no trace of any chambering (h1). The barrow is marked on the OS map of 1963 (b11) and is listed by Russell in 1971 (b12). The OS in 1975 record no change from the survey of 1961 (h2). Sheppard in 1984 records that recent ploughing has encroached about 1.0m into the side of the barrow on the west with a few displaced stones, and soil and turf dumped on the top. The remainder of the site is covered by grass and brambles (h4, b15). Visible on air photographs (p2, p3) and was plotted for the NMP. The monument is included in the Schedule.

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Site history:
1: 1961. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
3: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / OS
4: 1984. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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<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 Blight, JT, 1870, The Cromlechs of Cornwall, 162-164 (Unpublished document).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 Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 187-188 PL 196 (Unpublished document).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, 319 (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> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Events: none recorded

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