Rillaton barrow

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Rillaton barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated on Bodmin Moor in the English county of Cornwall.

It was excavated in 1837 and was found to contain a centrally-placed inhumation beneath the 25m wide barrow. The burial had been placed in a stone cist measuring 2m by almost 1m and also contained grave goods including a bronze dagger and pottery. Most notably, the burial also contained the Rillaton Gold Cup, a biconical gold vessel with a handle attached with rivets. The cup resembles a late Neolithic ceramic beaker with corded decoration but dates to a much later period of c. 1650-1400 BC. The cup is now in the British Museum.