Magic lantern slide
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2009.562
Identification
Item: Carn Gloose Funerary Barrow
Description: To be found at Carn Gloose, this could be a unique example of a prehistoric funerary barrow. It consists of a large stone closed chamber within a central dome surrounded by a later collar or cairn-ring. The central chamber contained a number of stone cists or small slab coffins and a ritual pit which is still visible. The central dome, which would have been capped, is 10' high with a diameter of 37'. Two further cists are found between the stone ring and another stone wall, also a small recess which has a pit cut into the floor. Opening onto the outside of the wall is a well preserved entrance grave. When excavated by Borlase in 1878 the cists contained urns and cremated bones from the middle Bronze Age.
Description
Height: 73 mm
Width: 76 mm
Material: Glass plate
Production
Method: Printed
Person: Gibson and Sons
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