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Platform cairn 690m south-east of Carkeet Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. The site consists of a platform cairn, a type of burial structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period in south-western Britain, constructed from stone. Platform cairns of this form typically served as burial monuments and would have been prominent landscape features when first erected. The monument is recorded in the Cornish archaeological record as a significant example of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the region.
Platform cairn 690m south-east of Carkeet Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011323. View the official record →
Platform cairn 690m south-east of Carkeet Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011323.
Platform cairn 690m south-east of Carkeet 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 1011323.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard (6.2 km), Animal pound called Crowpound (7.1 km), Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs (7.1 km).
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