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Carne Down is a Bronze Age landscape containing a co-axial field system, hut circles, cairns, and associated land boundaries situated on the Cornish moors. The monument dates from the later Bronze Age and represents evidence of extensive pastoral and possibly mixed agriculture practised across open moorland. The co-axial field layout, characterised by parallel field divisions, suggests organised land management and tenure systems of considerable sophistication for its period. The presence of hut circles indicates permanent or semi-permanent settlement within this field system, whilst the cairnfield and boundary banks demonstrate the substantial investment in landscape modification and stock management undertaken during the Bronze Age occupation of this upland terrain.
Co-axial field system, hut circle settlements, cairnfield and land boundaries on Carne Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011726. View the official record →
Carne Down is a Bronze Age landscape containing a co-axial field system, hut circles, cairns, and associated land boundaries situated on the Cornish moors. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011726.
Co-axial field system, hut circle settlements, cairnfield and land boundaries on Carne Down 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 1011726.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craddock Moor stone alignment, centred 550m north-east of Sparretts Farm (10.7 km), Round cairn 490m north-east of Sparretts Farm (10.8 km), Round cairn 650m north-east of Sparretts Farm (10.8 km).
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