Details

The monument includes two plough reduced Bronze Age bowl barrows situated 275m
south west of Higher Callestick Farm. The barrows occupy a position towards
the southern end of a spur between two streams which flow out to the sea on
the north Cornish coast. The two barrows stand as low mounds 0.2m high and 42m
apart from centre to centre. The westernmost barrow mound is 16m in diameter
whilst its neighbour to the east is 19m in diameter.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

Despite recent cultivation, the two bowl barrows south west of Higher
Callestick will retain many of their original features providing information
about the monument and the landscape in which they were constructed.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Books and journals
Warner, R, 'Cornish Archaeology' in Parish of Perranzabuloe, , Vol. 2, (1963), 68
Other
Thomas, R, Letter to the West Briton, (1851)
Title: Ordnance Survey
Source Date: 1965
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Source: Historic England