Ballowall Barrow

Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near in Cornwall, England, UK.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “The Ballowall Barrow” and “The Ballowall Barrow incorporating entrance grave, cairn, ritual pits and cists 420m WSW of Bollowal Farm”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porth Nanven and Cape Cornwall Chimney.

Beach
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a beach in the far west of , England, . It is located half-a-mile west of the town of . The beach is at the seaward end of the and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest. is situated 1,100 feet south of Ballowall Barrow.

Ruins
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is a ruins, which is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Ballowall Barrow.

Library
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile east of Ballowall Barrow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cot Valley and Boscean.

Locality
is located half-a-mile south of in west , . It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , on the Penwith peninsula in west , England, United Kingdom, approximately half-a-mile northwest of St Just.

Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in , . The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of , half-a-mile north-east of the village of .

Ballowall Barrow

Latitude
50.12228° or 50° 7′ 20″ north
Longitude
-5.70145° or 5° 42′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C2P47CX+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 390426632
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1043850
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to German—“Ballowall Barrow” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “巴路禾墓”
  • German: “Carn Gluze”

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