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Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The cairn consists of a mound of stones surrounded by a defined bank, a characteristic form of burial architecture from the Bronze Age period. Such monuments represent significant investments in ritual practice and reflect the social importance of the deceased within their community. The site contributes to the considerable archaeological landscape of Bronze Age activity documented across Bodmin Moor, where numerous cairns and related monuments remain concentrated.
Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011687. View the official record →
Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011687.
Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011687.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cleer's Well and cross (3.5 km), Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard (3.7 km), The Doniert Stone, accompanying cross shaft and underground chamber 650m SW of Common Moor (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.