
Bosiliack Barrow
This barrow belongs to a class of monument called Entrance Graves or Chambered Tombs, consisting of a circular kerb of stones with an entrance passage,
This barrow belongs to a class of monument called Entrance Graves or Chambered Tombs, consisting of a circular kerb of stones with an entrance passage,
The most easterly of the group is by far and away the largest of any of the barrows. It lies 1 mile west of St.Just
There were formerly eleven Barrows on the slopes and summit of the hill, but only seven now remain, and most of these are in a
The two best preserved barrows are 12.2m (40ft) & 14m (46ft) in diameter, and both about 1.5m (5ft) high. One of them has part of
Entrance Graves (or Chambered Tombs as they are sometimes known) date from them Neolithic period (approx 3000-2500 BC), so it was probably constructed before the stone circle.
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