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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bosiliack Barrow Alternative Name: Bosiliak
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: Great Bosullow
Map Ref: SW43113421  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.152162N  Longitude: 5.597515W
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.
 3 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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hallsifer visited on 19th Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Much, much easier to find during winter with all the vegetation dying back! Easily visible over the tops of the vegetation.

hallsifer visited on 22nd Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2 Gorgeous spot, quiet and high enough for a view across Penwith. Has a very wonderful 'vibe' to it, old and quiet and the same contemplative place as a modern graveyard. Bit of a pain to find as it's low to the ground and grassy, but not impossible if you follow the track.

LiveAndrew visited on 19th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Catrinm visited on 25th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

lucasn visited on 1st Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 3

SandyG Bladup TimPrevett ocifant cazzyjane Bolstered Bolstered have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.4 Access: 2.8

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by LiveAndrew : Bosiliack Barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)
A small neolithic Scillonian entrance grave consisting of a 5m diameter circular mound of stones. The kerb of larger slabs is pierced by a passageway which faces the rising of the midwinter sun after the shortest day of the year.

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Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by SandyG : Entrance grave excavation during the summer of 1984. View looking along the chamber complete with blocking stones. (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by cazzyjane : Hard to find in the August bracken but well worth it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by cazzyjane : Bosiliack Barrow with Ding Dong mine watching over it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Horatio : The entrance grave is situated on a slight ridge in the eastern part of the site, just beyond the eastern extent of a prehistoric field system. It survives as a circular stony mound measuring approximately 5m in diameter and up to 1.1m high. It is defined by an outer kerb of seventeen or eighteen large granite slabs with an entrance on its south-east side which leads to a rectangular internal cham... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by MikeAttwell : This is the only Penwith Entrance grave to be excavated to modern standards. This was undertaken in 1985 by Charles Thomas. More recently cremated bone from the chamber floor was submitted for radiocarbon dating producing dates of 1690 and 1500 cal BC. This led Charles Thomas and Andy M Jones to review all the evidence available from other excavations and to conclude that Penzance Entrance graves ...

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by MikeAttwell : Close up of entrance shoeing blocking stone

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by lucasn : The beautifully preserved Bosiliack Barrow

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Halloween at Bosiliack Barrow.

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by enkidu41 : A small neolithic Scillonian entrance grave consisting of a 5m diameter circular mound of stones. The kerb of larger slabs is pierced by a passageway which faces the rising of the midwinter sun after the shortest day of the year. This shot is into the passageway. SW 4311 3421

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by ocifant : SW431342 - Bosiliack Chambered Tomb. From Men-an-Tol, head toward Ding Dong mine, then follow the track to the south. The barrow is off the track to the left.

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by lucasn : Bosiliack Barrow with Greenburrow Shaft, part of Ding Dong Mine, in the background

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by lucasn : Bosiliack Barrow with Greenburrow Shaft from Ding Dong Mine in the background

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow at Lammas.

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow.

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow at sunset.

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by TimPrevett : Four views of Bosiliack Chambered Tomb.

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by enkidu41 : A small neolithic Scillonian entrance grave consisting of a 5m diameter circular mound of stones. The kerb of larger slabs is pierced by a passageway which faces the rising of the midwinter sun after the shortest day of the year. SW 4311 3421

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow, Looking along the chamber

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow

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Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow and the late february sun

Bosiliack Barrow
Bosiliack Barrow submitted by Bladup : Bosiliack Barrow

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Bosiliack Barrow by lucasn on Sunday, 17 June 2018
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Bosiliack Carn and a reconsideration of entrance graves by Andy B on Monday, 02 March 2015
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Bosiliack Carn and a reconsideration of entrance graves, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 76, 2010, Andy Jones and C Thomas

In 1984 the entrance grave at Bosiliack (SW43113422) was excavated by Charles Thomas on behalf of the Institute of Cornish Studies. It was a comparatively small example, approximately 5m in diameter encircled by a substantial kerb. A deposit of cremated bone was found within the chamber accompanied by sherds of plain pottery from three vessels. Two radiocarbon determinations were obtained on the cremated bone. The dates were almost identical, falling between 1690 and 1500 cal BC.

Because Bosiliack is the only entrance grave in Cornwall to have been excavated to modern standards, and to have had any analyses undertaken on the contents of its chamber, it is significant to the study of small chambered tombs elsewhere. This paper outlines the results from the excavations before moving on to a discussion of the use of monument and a consideration of its possible affinities with monuments elsewhere.

https://www.academia.edu/470236/Bosiliack_Carn_and_a_reconsideration_of_entrance_graves_Proceedings_of_the_Prehistoric_Society_76_2010_271-96
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Re: Bosiliack Barrow by coldrum on Monday, 12 October 2009
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