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This monument is a Bronze Age funerary complex located in Cornwall comprising five round cairns and one ring cairn situated approximately 920 metres north-north-east of Fernacre Farm. The round cairns are typical of Bronze Age burial practices in south-west England, constructed as stone mounds to cover cremated or inhumed remains, while the ring cairn represents a variation of cairn construction with a circular stone perimeter. The site evidences the funerary landscape of the Bronze Age period, when such monuments were erected across the moorlands of Cornwall as permanent markers of the dead. The preservation of multiple cairn forms at a single location provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding local Bronze Age ritual and commemorative practices.
Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008487. View the official record →
This monument is a Bronze Age funerary complex located in Cornwall comprising five round cairns and one ring cairn situated approximately 920 metres north-north-east of Fernacre Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008487.
Five prehistoric round cairns and a ring cairn 920m NNE of Fernacre Farm 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 1008487.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross (8.8 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (8.9 km), Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 825m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm (9.1 km).
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