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Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm

England
List entry 1007762
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007762
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SX 21306 70018
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. The structure consists of a raised platform cairn surrounded by an outer bank, a configuration characteristic of prehistoric funerary sites in south-west England. The monument's precise dating and constructional sequence remain subjects of archaeological study, though its form and location are consistent with ceremonial or sepulchral purposes typical of the Neolithic to Bronze Age transition period. Like many Cornish cairns, the site contributes to the archaeological record of early prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in the region.

Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007762. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm?

Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007762.

Who is responsible for protecting Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm?

Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes 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 1007762.

What other scheduled monuments are near Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm (4.6 km), Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick (6.1 km), Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm (6.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm
4.6 km
Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
6.1 km
Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm
6.5 km
Culverland Cross in St Martin's churchyard to the north west of the church
6.9 km
Tencreek Cross in St Martin's churchyard 3.5m south east of the church
7 km
Largin Castle
7 km
Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
7.7 km
Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm

Platform cairn with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes 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 with outer bank 825m NNW of Higher Draynes Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~4.9 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.1 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.1 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~23.1 miles
Domesday entry for Draynes, Cornwall →
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