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The ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. The site comprises three distinct cairn structures, consisting of a central ring cairn accompanied by two smaller kerbed cairns, representing typical prehistoric burial practices of the second millennium BC. The monuments are positioned on the exposed moorland of Bray Down, where they form part of a wider landscape of Bronze Age barrow activity characteristic of Cornwall's upland regions. These cairns constitute important archaeological evidence of funerary ritual and settlement patterns during the Bronze Age period in the southwest peninsula.
Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004241. View the official record →
The ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004241.
Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down 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 1004241.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm (9.9 km), Round cairn 1.17km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm (9.9 km), Stone hut circle 625m south-east of Siblyback Farm (11.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down'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 and two kerbed cairns on Bray Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.