Ballowall Barrow

OS Grid ref:- SW355313

Ballowall Barrow, otherwise known as Carn Glaze is situated on Ballowall Common, around a mile from St. Just-in-Penwith.

The large and complex barrow measures 72 feet (22 metres) in diameter and dates from the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age - around 2,500 BC to 1,000 BC . It consists of a round chambered cairn or entrance grave located in a panoramic position on the edge of the Atlantic coast, with superb views from Cape Cornwall to Sennen, in clear weather, the Scilly Isles may be sighted from the cairn.

Ballowall Barrow was excavated in 1874 by W.C. Borlase when were burnt human bones and fragments of pottery, dating from the Bronze Age and a Roman coin were discovered. The site we see today is a mix of the original and reconstructions carried out by Borlase.

The site is managed by the National Trust.

Directions

Leave St. Just by the Cape Cornwall road Turn left after the houses on the left and continue along the road to Carn Gloose.

TPrehistoric Sites in Cornwall