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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dinas Head Tumulus - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cornwall

Submitted by mikeaitch on Wednesday, 13 January 2010  Page Views: 13764

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dinas Head Tumulus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 29.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cornwall Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Padstow  Nearest Village: St Merryn
Map Ref: SW84847616
Latitude: 50.545521N  Longitude: 5.038258W
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
4

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Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head Tumulus (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tumulus on Dinas Head at the Western tip of the Trevose Headland. What a lovely place this is out here on a sunny day with the waves crashing in all around on this most spectacular part of the coast, the lighthouse to the northeast, and the surf and sands of Boobies and Constantine Bays to the southwest.

[description by theCaptain and mikeaitch]
Right on the top of the headland is the remains of what is described on the OS maps as Tumulus. The mound is about 8 metres diameter, still more than one metre in height, and largely composed of white quartzy looking rock, of which there is plenty around here. The barrow has a clear kerb around it of large white stones, and perhaps bits of other structure can be made out amongst the remnants.

Easy to imagine why the ancients chose this magnificent place - views of the North Cornish Coast are spectacular. What a last resting place indeed.

There is no record of this promontary having ever been a clifffort, but it would seem to be an ideal location, with its narrow neck separating it from the main bulk of Trevose headland. Although there is no obvious sign of any defensive ramparts at the neck, it has to be said that the ground is worn flat to the bare rock here, with no soil or ground cover at all, no doubt its all been washed away during past storms where the waves will have probably washed right over the top of the headland taking all the soil etc with them.
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Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head Tumulus (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Part of the kerb at Dinas Head Tumulus (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Stones (Part of a possible cist) on the top of Dinas Head Tumulus (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head Tumulus with Booby's and Constantine bays in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head Tumulus

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head Tumulus with Booby's and Constantine bays in the background

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head Tumulus

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by TheCaptain : Dinas Head Tumulus on a glorious June 2022 day

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by theCaptain : Right on the top of the headland is the remains of a Tumulus. The mound is about 8 metres diameter, still more than one metre in height, and largely composed of white quartzy looking rock.

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by theCaptain

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by theCaptain : The barrow has a clear kerb around it of large white stones, and perhaps bits of other structure can be made out amongst the remnants.

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by theCaptain : Right on the top of the headland is the remains of what is described as Tumulus. The mound is about 8 metres diameter, still more than one metre in height, and largely composed of white quartzy looking rock.

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by theCaptain

Dinas Head Tumulus
Dinas Head Tumulus submitted by Bladup : Dinas Head kerb cairn.

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