<< Our Photo Pages >> Portheras Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Portheras Barrow Alternative Name: Portherras BarrowCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: St Just
Map Ref: SW39143326
Latitude: 50.141902N Longitude: 5.652322W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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hallsifer visited on 1st Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Quite easy to reach from a trail start right near a road, gorgeous barrow with a chambered area that's almost invisible until you're on top of the barrow or at the right angle outside of the stone perimiter.
SandyG visited on 17th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
rosecapybara515 visited on 22nd Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
lucasn visited on 12th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Bladup JimChampion have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 4
A 2 foot 6 inch high round barrow of 40 feet in diameter. Much of the mound's stone kerb remains and in its centre is a well preserved cist 4 feet long x 2 feet wide roofed by a 6 foot capstone.
Located up against a stone wall, the site lies 50 yards along on the right hand side of a footpath leading south-east off the Trewellard branch of the B3318 about a mile east of Trewellard. It is much overgrown in the summer months making it very difficult to find.
The monument scheduling says that a cupped stone may have been found in the barrow during an 18th century excavation.
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