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Ring cairn 77m E of Caradon Hill summit is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Caradon Hill in Cornwall. The site consists of a cairn structure with a distinctive ring form, characteristic of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. Such ring cairns typically date from the second millennium BCE and served as communal or individual burial monuments. The monument's position on Caradon Hill places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric archaeology, reflecting the importance of elevated locations for ceremonial and burial purposes during this period.
Ring cairn 77m E of Caradon Hill summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011724. View the official record →
Ring cairn 77m E of Caradon Hill summit is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Caradon Hill in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011724.
Ring cairn 77m E of Caradon Hill summit 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 1011724.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cleer's Well and cross (3.4 km), Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard (3.7 km), The Doniert Stone, accompanying cross shaft and underground chamber 650m SW of Common Moor (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 77m E of Caradon Hill summit's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ring cairn 77m E of Caradon Hill summit stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.