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Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm

England
List entry 1007767
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007767
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SX 12293 79610
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm is a prehistoric burial monument located in Cornwall. The site comprises a platform cairn, a form of monumental earthwork constructed during the Bronze Age, representing an important phase of funerary practice in southwest England. Such platform cairns typically served as ceremonial or burial structures, often positioned prominently on high ground to command views of the surrounding landscape. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance within the scheduled ancient monument record, with its formal designation reflecting its importance to understanding Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in the county.

Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007767. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm?

Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm is a prehistoric burial monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007767.

Who is responsible for protecting Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm?

Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown 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 1007767.

What other scheduled monuments are near Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (6.6 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (6.8 km), Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church (6.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs
6.6 km
St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church
6.8 km
Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 30m east of the church
6.9 km
Medieval wayside cross in Blisland churchyard, 10m west of the church
6.9 km
Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross
7.4 km
Two wayside crosses in the grounds of Trewardale 34m WSW of the house
8.3 km
Prehistoric standing stone, medieval wayside cross and cross base and post-medieval guide post at Longstone
8.8 km
St Bellarmin's Chapel
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm

Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Platform cairn on Dinnever Hill, 510m north of Camperdown Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~10.8 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.7 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~14.8 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~18.3 miles
Domesday entry for Hamatethy, Cornwall →
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