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Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and medieval transhumance hut 1.49km NW of Tresellern Farm is a multi-period archaeological site in Cornwall combining evidence of prehistoric ritual or burial activity with later medieval pastoral land use. The site comprises a substantial earthwork platform with associated cairn material, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary or ceremonial monuments, overlain or adjoined by the structural remains of a medieval summer shieling or transhumance hut, reflecting the seasonal pastoral economies of medieval southwest England. The juxtaposition of these two distinct phases of activity demonstrates the longue durée of landscape use and the practice of herding communities utilising high moorland during warmer months. The site's survival in upland terrain has preserved evidence of both prehistoric monument construction and the later medieval agricultural practices that shaped Cornish moorland settlement patterns.
Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and medieval transhumance hut 1.49km NW of Tresellern Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012230. View the official record →
Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and medieval transhumance hut 1.49km NW of Tresellern Farm is a multi-period archaeological site in Cornwall combining evidence of prehistoric ritual or burial activity with later medieval pastoral land use. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012230.
Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and medieval transhumance hut 1.49km NW of Tresellern 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 1012230.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle village 330yds (300m) W of West Northwood Farm (8.7 km), The Doniert Stone, accompanying cross shaft and underground chamber 650m SW of Common Moor (8.9 km), Medieval wayside cross at Redgate (9.1 km).
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Prehistoric embanked platform cairn and medieval transhumance hut 1.49km NW of Tresellern Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.