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DESCRIPTION OF THE GARLAND BARROWS. 

 By the Rev. R. PRIOR, M.A. 



At the S.E corner of the Parish of Newlyn-East, where the 

 adjoining parishes of Ladock and St. Erme meet it, is a plateau 

 called Garland, which is marked by numerous barrows. Some have 

 already disappeared and others are disappearing with scarce a note 

 being made of them, save their position being marked upon the 

 ordnance map. From these barrows, upon the low eminence of 

 Garland, a vast extent of country is visible. With distinctness 

 Garnmarth, Garmenellis, Four-Barrows, Brown- Willy, Rowtor, 

 Roche Rocks, and Denzell Downs can be seen. Sixteen Churches 

 may be counted from these heights. The barrows on Garland are 

 interesting not only on account of their number and variety but 

 also for their peculiarities. The number existing is twenty, and 

 they are arranged in two groups, which, in describing them, we 

 may call Eastern and Western. The whole of the barrows form an 

 arc of a circle, of which the eastern side is regular in formation, 

 though there is a hiatus between the large group here. Only five 

 of the western barrows follow the line of the arc 3 the rest are 

 -irregularly scattered about its western corner. The chord running 

 from east to west is about a mile across. Almost at the extreme 

 curvature of the arc stood a barrow, of which only the smallest 

 vestiges remain, as the rest of it has been scattered over the fields 

 to enrich the soil. Of these barrows three deserve attention : viz. 

 the highest, Warren's Barrow, which is locally so called from a 

 belief that a certain General Warren is buried there, of whom 

 nothing whatever can be ascertained ; Jenkyn's or Hendra Barrow, 

 why Jenkyn's is not known, Hendra because it is situated on the 

 land of the adjoining farm of the same name ; and the demolished 

 barrow, which stood at the arc's extreme curvature. 



The barrows on the eastern side of the arc, twelve in number 

 and more uniform in shape than the western group, are distributed 

 in the following situations. From the demolished barrow 



