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Bowda Stone Circle
Hob Uid: 435371
Location : Cornwall North Hill
Grid Ref : SX2475077540
Summary : Possible stone circle, may be a group of natural earthfast boulders
More information : Circle (Stone?) (Centred at SX 24757755) (1) No trace of a stone circle. (2) APs examined. No evidence of stone circle. (3) No evidence of this rather enigmatic circle can be found in this area of fairly flat, uncleared moorland and considering its untouched character it seems unlikely that anything of archaeological interest has been lost since 1921. Either the reference produced by Crawford is very incorrect and should apply to some other circle, or it is a Breton abberation. (4) The area indicated as the site of the supposed stone circle is profusely covered with boulders, of which a few are vertically set. These are not archaeological but could have been interpreted as a circle. Alternatively a nearby pound may have been what was referred to. (5)

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Source details : Rec 6" (OGS Crawford Aug 1921)
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Letter, (H.H. Breton, Sheepstor Vicarage, Horrabridge
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : LS Reviser (E.N. Morris) 7.5.52
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : 3G/Tud/UK 137, part 2, 5150-5151 Apr 1946
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : RCHME Field Investigation 25-JUL-83 N.V Quinnell
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Cornish Archaeol 19 1980 24 (John Barnatt)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Stone Circle
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Stone Circle
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Natural Feature
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 27 NW 31
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1978-01-01
End Date : 1985-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1983-07-25
End Date : 1983-07-25

Historic England Research Records

Bowda Stone Circle