Buckabarrows

Also known as:
Bucka Burrows and Buckabarrow Downs
Nearest town:
Lostwithiel (7km WSW)
OS reference:
SX172606
OS sheet:
201
Latitude:
50° 24' 58.12 N
Longitude:
4° 34' 24.14 W
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Image of Buckabarrows by Mr Hamhead

The most northerly of the barrows, this one sits just beside the minor road after it leaves the B3359. Give it a week or so and it will be a mass of bluebells.

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Apr 27, 2006

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Buckabarrows

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Apr 27, 2006

Just to the east of the huge Boconnoc estate in east Cornwall sit a group of 6 or so barrows. They may be linked to the Taphouse barrows on the other side of the estate, the two groups between them certainly form a impressive collection of large barrows.
The Buckabarrows stretch out along the eastern boundry road of the estate. The four photgraphed here are joined on the OS map by two others, one deep in the woods at SX166607, which I never got to and one supposed to be in a field at SX174611, which I failed to spot.
Bucka or Bucca is a Cornish word for ghost but i have not come across any tales about these barrows being haunted....barrowwrights in Cornwall! ......there’s a thing!

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