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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery - Barrow Cemetery in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Wednesday, 11 January 2017  Page Views: 1299

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.945 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cornwall Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: SW51313256
Latitude: 50.140847N  Longitude: 5.481876W
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
2 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
4

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Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : The barrow in the green circle is found at SW51503265, The barrow in the pink circle is found at SW51313256. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Four barrows, at SW51253275, SW51503265, SW51313256 and SW51103230.

Also the field to the West just across the A30 was called blue barrow field on old maps, This suggests a (blue) barrow was once found here as well.
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Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : A large ploughed down barrow at SW51103230. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : A barrow, found at SW51103230. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : In the blue circle there's the remains of a barrow, it's found at SW51103230. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : A barrow found at SW51313256. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : The remains of a barrow at SW51313256. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : The barrow in the blue circle is found at SW51253275, The barrow in the purple circle is found at SW51313256.

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : A barrow at SW51253275.

Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery
Bowgyheere Barrow Cemetery submitted by Bladup : The low barrow at SW51503265.

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