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<< Our Photo Pages >> Skerrish Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 29 October 2024  Page Views: 1100

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Skerrish Barrows
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.806 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Plymouth  Nearest Village: St Germans
Map Ref: SX33365411
Latitude: 50.363242N  Longitude: 4.344301W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Looking west from the hillock towards the barrowfield (The flat area on the right) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Once a group of five barrows on the cliff top above The Skerrish, only two now remain, in the flat area on the right in the top image. One is thought to be a long barrow at SX33365411 (it looked like a round barrow to me) - it has been dug into in the past but no record of this work is known. It has been used as a beacon in recent times and is recorded on early OS maps as St German's Beacon.

Only this and one other in the group survive (At SX33405408), the others being ploughed out (There's still a slight mound at SX33375407 though).
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Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, Looking East from the barrow at SX33365411 towards the low barrow at SX33405408 (hardly visible in the photo), The hump in the background is a small hillock not a barrow (It possibly had a barrow on it in the past though) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, The barrow at SX33365411 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : There is possibly an overgrown barrow on the hillock at SX33655400, In this photo i believe you can see the barrows profile in the hedgeline to the right of the gap/gate (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : The hillock with the possible barrow at SX33655400 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : This overgrown mound is possibly the remains of a barrow on the hillock at SX33655400

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, The barrow at SX33365411

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, Looking East from the barrow at SX33365411 towards the low barrow at SX33405408 (hardly visible in the photo), The hump in the background is a small hillock not a barrow (It possibly had a barrow on it in the past though)

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, Looking east over the low barrow at SX33405408

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, Looking east from the top of the barrow at SX33405408, I'd bet the little hill in the background also once had a barrow on it, In the far background is Whitsand Bay and Rame Head Fort (On the right)

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : Skerrish Barrows, The low barrow at SX33405408

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup : The Skerrish. The barrow in the photo is (by some) thought to be a long barrow (SX33365411) (It looked like a round barrow to me), It has been dug into in the past but no record of this work is known. It has been used as a beacon in recent times and is recorded on early OS maps as St German's Beacon.

Skerrish Barrows
Skerrish Barrows submitted by Bladup

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