Ballowall Barrow — Carn Gluze

Ballowall Barrow, also known as Carn Gluze, stands near St Just on the Cornish coast. Mining debris concealed the monument until William Copeland Borlase investigated it in 1878. He recorded a central mound with two concentric dry-stone walls and five stone-lined burial compartments containing pottery and burnt bone. Two pits may also have held burials. An outer apron contained additional cists and an entrance grave with cremated remains, demonstrating a complex funerary arrangement rather than a single simple mound. After excavation, Borlase altered the site to make its features visible, creating a circular passage around the central structure. This work substantially changed its appearance, and some original features were lost. The monument’s history consequently includes both Bronze Age burial activity and the nineteenth-century decisions that shaped the remains now visible. Period: Bronze Age Grid reference: SW 35525 31253 Protection: Scheduled monument Source: Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1013666 (Open Government Licence). © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Banner photo: "Ballowall Barrow (Carn Gluze) (21999106926)" by Takver from Australia, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0.