© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. The site consists of a platform cairn, a form of ritual or burial structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period in southwest England. The monument survives as an earthwork and stone feature within the landscape, representing the archaeological record of prehistoric ceremonial or mortuary practice in the region. Such cairns typically functioned as burial or ritual foci for Bronze Age communities, though the specific details of this particular site's construction and use remain to be fully established through archaeological investigation.
Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007292. View the official record →
Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007292.
Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow 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 1007292.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross in Holy Trinity Church churchyard (5.5 km), Standing stone called the 'Long Stone' in the grounds of Penrice School (6.6 km), Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round (7.1 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Platform cairn 180m northwest of Hensbarrow Farm