Cornwall - Prehistoric Monuments
Tregiffian Barrow - Chambered Cairn
A Neolithic or early Bronze Age (around 3000–1000 BC) chambered cairn tomb with an entrance passage,
walled and roofed with stone slabs, leading into the central chamber .
A replica stone replaces the original cup marked entrance stone which is now in a museum.
One of the Capstones has fallen into the chamber and the rear capstone has cupmarks .
The road in the background cuts through half of the Cairn.
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Location - West Cornwall - Lands End Penninsula / West Penwith
Adjacent to the B3315 Newlyn to Treen road , near Lamorna.
Ref: 415
Date: 05/11/2014
Location: SW 4303.2443