Very visible from the A39 (especially from the South) 3˝ miles North of Kilkhampton. It is situated by a staggered crossroads. If heading North you will see a turning to the West for Woolley and a turning to the East for Bradworthy. The long barrow is in a field right next to the Bradworthy turn-off, where there is space to park. I didn’t go in because it was lambing time and there was what looked like a tiny lambing shed on the East edge of the barrow. One of my photos (yet to be posted) shows some of the damage on the West side being done by tractors driving between the barrow and the field wall.
Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books - 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) says that “Neolithic long barrows are rare in Cornwall; this is the finest of the few. It is 62m long, 21m wide and 2.5m high, with mutilations on the north-west and south-west sides. No evidence has yet been found of the internal structures, but one may well exist. A small excavation did locate a single side trench on the Northern side of the barrow. This was 72m long and 1.6m deep”.
Probably the easiest site to find in Cornwall. On the A39 about 7 miles north of Bude ,when you hit the sign for Wooley look to your right and there it is about 15ft from the road .
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