<< Our Photo Pages >> Barrowfields - Barrow Cemetery in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BarrowfieldsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.737 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Newquay
Map Ref: SW819622
Latitude: 50.419070N Longitude: 5.071547W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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hallsifer visited on 15th Jul 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 A very easy to access site (and one that I'd consider hidden in plain sight - driven past many times and not realised the history of the area). Sight from top of one of the barrows is gorgeous and from there it is easy to spot the other two further along. Has an information board on the way in if coming from the town side that's weathered but has a lot of information about the area.
lucasn visited on 5th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
ajmp3003 visited on 1st Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.33
The OS map (Ordnance Survey Sheet 200 Newquay and Bodmin) shows a line of three barrows near the cliff between Lusty Glaze beach and the main town beach. (I believe this is Towan Beach - if I remember correctly).
We lived in Newquay in the early 70s, and Barrowfields was just an area of grass with some humps in it, before a large hotel overlooking the sea. In those far-off days with small children to look after, I was not 'into' megalithic sites! More's the pity!
Below, the sepia photo is taken from a booklet of old photos of Old Newquay, picked up in a second-hand shop recently. Will update with publishing details later.
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