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Ballowall Barrow

Cornwall, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the… Read more…

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Taxi · 8 min
Ballowall Barrow
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Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
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Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. It is also known as Carn Gluze Barrow.

It was first excavated in 1878 by William Copeland Borlase, when it was discovered under mining debris. A report by Sharpe states that there are several discrepancies in the accounts of the excavation work, some of the finds were lost and interpretation of the site is difficult. Reconstruction work which was done after the excavation to make the inside more accessible has further complicated the site. The site today is a confused mix of original and reconstructions introduced by Borlase. The finds from excavations are in stored in museums at Truro, Cambridge and the British Museum

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Address Carn Gloose Road, TR19 7, United Kingdom
Coordinates 50°7'20.216" N, 5°42'5.225" W
Riverside Hotel
Taxi · 8 min
Ballowall Barrow
2h
Walk · 6 min
Corner Café
45 min
Walk · 18 min
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