Hudder Down

Nearest town:
Camborne (5km ESE)
OS reference:
SW608431
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 14' 19.56 N
Longitude:
5° 21' 17.89 W
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Image of Hudder Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Looking across the top of the barrow towards The Knavocks.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.6.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 2, 2019
Image of Hudder Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Seven years on from my last visit, the barrow is still there but the fence is gone.

Image credit: A. Brookes (17.6.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 2, 2019
Image of Hudder Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Anyone wanting to see this barrow should come soon, the next landslip will be the end of it. The rock crocodile at the foot of the cliffs awaits the outcome. Looking up the coast towards St Agnes Beacon (left).

Image credit: A. Brookes (18.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 17, 2012
Image of Hudder Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

The full extent of the threat to the barrow’s existence is apparent from the west. Half the mound has already gone over the cliff edge.

Image credit: A. Brookes (18.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 17, 2012
Image of Hudder Down (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Approaching from the east, the barrow looks to be intact. The hills of West Penwith rise in the background.

Image credit: A. Brookes (18.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 17, 2012

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Hudder Down
Round Barrow(s)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 16, 2012

This barrow will be over the cliff in the next few years (if not sooner). The Coast Path has been re-routed and the barrow fenced off.

Pastscape has this description:

The remains of Bronze Age barrow on the cliff edge cut in half by cliff erosion. It stands to a height of 1 metre and has a diameter of 17 metres. It was opened in 1836 and an urn found.

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