Obadiah's Barrow

Obadiah's Barrow
History
A view of Obadiah's Barrow
Shown within Isles of Scilly
Location	Gugh, Isles of Scilly
Coordinates	49°53′44″N 6°20′05″W / 49.895594°N 6.334838°W / 49.895594; -6.334838
Type	Burial chamber
Periods	Bronze Age

Scheduled monument
Official name	Obadiah's Barrow
Reference no.	303188^[1]

Obadiah's Barrow or Obadiah's Grave is one of around eighty burial chambers in the Isles of Scilly, England.^[2] It was excavated in 1901, by George Bonsor^[2] revealing a dozen cremation urns and a crouching skeleton.^[3]

References

↑ "Detailed Result: Obadiah's Barrow". Pastscape. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
1 2 Creigh, Andy. "Obadiah's Barrow". Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
↑ Dillon, Paddy (2006). Walking the Isles of Scilly. Cicerone Press. p. 55. ISBN 1-85284-475-2.

External links

Isles of Scilly

Inhabited islands	St Mary's St Agnes (and Gugh) Bryher Tresco St Martin's

Uninhabited islands	Annet Bishop Rock Crim Rocks Eastern Isles English Island Great Ganilly Gweal Norrard Rocks Pednathise Head Rosevear Round Island Samson St Helen's Teän Western Rocks White Island Zantman's Rock

Settlements	St Mary's: Hugh Town, Holy Vale, Longstone, Maypole, Normandy, Old Town, Pelistry, Porthloo, Rocky Hill, Telegraph and Trenoweth St Martin's (and St Agnes): Higher Town, Middle Town and Lower Town Tresco: New Grimsby and Old Grimsby

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