These structures have also been called a 'barrow group' by John Barnatt Evidence of flint production and tin streaming has also been found in the area that supports the suggestion of an ancient settlement. John Barnatt’s most popular book is Prehistoric Cornwall: The Ceremonial Monuments. John Barnatt has 14 books on Goodreads with 57 ratings. Archaeological aerial reconnaissance was carried out over the area in the 1980s which suggested the remains of a prehistoric settlement comprising several dispersed hut circles. Books by John Barnatt (Author of Prehistoric Cornwall) John Barnatt has 14 books on Goodreads with 57 ratings. The tor is made of a granitic rock that has less autogenic alteration than other areas of Bodmin Moor due to some type of local anomaly. They are prominent from a distance and Christopher Tilley suggests they were intended to be seen as a group from the west and the east in order to 'analogically resemble or simulate tors'. Five cairns are located in a semi-circular arc along the ridge of Brown Gelly. Beckensall, Stan, Circles in Stone: A British Prehistoric Mystery, Tempus: Stroud 2006.Īcknowledgements: HUGE thanks to Dean Thom for the use of his photo here.Brown Gelly is a tor, hill and ridge near Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor near Liskeard in Cornwall, UK.Īt its foot lies Browngelly Downs, and the area has preserved various remains of hut circles, barrows and cairns.Beckensall, Stan, British Prehistoric Rock Art, Tempus: Stroud 1999.Barnatt, John & Robinson, F., “Prehistoric Rock Art in Ashover School and Further New Discoveries Elsewhere in the Peak District,” in Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, 123, 2003.

Barnatt, John & Reeder, Phil, “Prehistoric Rock Art in the Peak District,” in Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, 102, 1982.

It’s probable that other carvings in the area remained undiscovered. The site is managed by The Cornwall Hertiage Trust and in the care of English.

Lunar associations may be invoked by the 13 cups, enclosed within one cycle of the year. The circles were documented in 1584 by the cartographer John Norden and. The carving was cut into one end of a small rock and comprises of a singular unbroken, large oval, within which are enclosed thirteen or fourteen cups, plus a single cup on the outside of the ring. Please see Wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Gardoms Edge carving (after Beckensall 1999) 1982, Prehistoric Cornwall : the ceremonial monuments / by John Barnatt photographs by Brian Larkman Turnstone Press Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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