On the eastern edge of Bodmin Moor, Rillaton Barrow looks across the expanse of verdant fields, lush hedgebanks and woods of the Lynher and Tamar valleys, towards the blur of the Dartmoor skyline.
Despite this impressive tumulus being plundered for building material over many years, the granite-lined burial chamber, or cist, was not discovered until 1837. Its revered occupant had lain undisturbed for thousands of years, together with dagger and faience beads, and a rare and beautiful corrugated golden cup, which dates from the early bronze age and is now in the British Museum.
