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Platform cairn with outer bank and central mound 430m WSW of Smallacoombe Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The site comprises a substantial platform cairn with a defining outer bank and a central mound, representing a distinctive form of barrow construction from the prehistoric period. Such platform cairns with peripheral banking are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in southwest England, where they served as communal or high-status burial places. The monument's survival on the moorland landscape provides evidence of the prehistoric organisation of burial and ceremonial space in this region.
Platform cairn with outer bank and central mound 430m WSW of Smallacoombe Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018646. View the official record →
Platform cairn with outer bank and central mound 430m WSW of Smallacoombe Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018646.
Platform cairn with outer bank and central mound 430m WSW of Smallacoombe Tor 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 1018646.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval wayside cross at Redgate (6.2 km), Part of a medieval boundary dyke 220m east of Golitha House (6.4 km), St Cleer's Well and cross (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Platform cairn with outer bank and central mound 430m WSW of Smallacoombe Tor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Platform cairn with outer bank and central mound 430m WSW of Smallacoombe Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.