Barrowfields
The Barrowfields is an area of open space opposite the Hotel Bristol in Newquay. It is so called because of the numerous prehistoric burial mounds (barrows) that have been identified here - fifteen so far. One of the barrows was excavated and, at the centre, a pottery burial urn was found containing the remains of a Chieftan from around 3500 years ago. Sadly, few of the barrows now remain as in the early 1800s, before anyone understood their historic importance, a local farmer removed much of the stone for use in the walls surrounding his fields.
On walks
- Watergate Bay to Newquay (via bus) (4 mile walk)