Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor

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History & significance

Garrow Tor is a prehistoric and medieval monument complex located in Cornwall comprising settlement remains, field systems, and Bronze Age cairns. The site demonstrates sustained human occupation and land use spanning from the Bronze Age through the medieval period, with evidence of both domestic settlement and organised agricultural activity preserved across the landscape. Bronze Age cairns at the site testify to funerary or ritual practices of the second millennium BC, whilst medieval features including field boundaries and alluvial streamwork indicate continued exploitation of the land during the later medieval centuries. The monument's significance lies in its demonstration of long-term patterns of settlement and landscape management across multiple prehistoric and historic periods on Cornish moorland terrain.

Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021445. View the official record →

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