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This site is a prehistoric field system incorporating a cairnfield and a round cairn located in the moorland landscape north-west of Showery Tor in Cornwall. The remains date to the Bronze Age and represent a period of intensive agricultural use of the upland environment, with field boundaries and clearance cairns indicating systematic land organisation and cultivation practices. The associated round cairn is characteristic of Bronze Age burial monuments, reflecting the significance of the locality for both settlement and mortuary practices during this period. The irregular layout of the field system and the distribution of cairns across the site provide archaeological evidence for prehistoric land use patterns on the Cornish moors.
Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011546. View the official record →
This site is a prehistoric field system incorporating a cairnfield and a round cairn located in the moorland landscape north-west of Showery Tor in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011546.
Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery 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 1011546.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (9 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (9.6 km), Medieval wayside cross at Blisland (9.7 km).
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Prehistoric irregular field system with incorporated cairnfield and round cairn 1.08km north-west of Showery Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.