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Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm

England
List entry 1007476
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007476
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SX 20147 72366
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. The cairn survives as a substantial earthwork comprising a circular mound of stones and earth, consistent with funerary practices of the Bronze Age period. Such cairns typically served as burial places for individuals of status within their communities and often contained inhumed or cremated remains, though the specific contents of this example are not documented in readily available records. The monument's survival in the Cornish landscape represents an important archaeological witness to Bronze Age settlement and mortuary custom in the region.

Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007476. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm?

Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007476.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm?

Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon 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 1007476.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs (5.5 km), Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm (6.1 km), Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick (7.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs
5.5 km
Wayside cross at Polmenna, 730m north east of Ley Green Farm
6.1 km
Tredinnick Cross, 450m east of Great Tredinnick
7.1 km
Largin Castle
8.5 km
Bosent Cross, 325m ENE of South Bosent Farm
9 km
Two bowl barrows 70m north west and 50m south east of Tor View at Middle Taphouse
9.3 km
Three bowl barrows 215m south east of Beech Lawn, which form part of a larger round barrow cemetery
9.5 km
Culverland Cross in St Martin's churchyard to the north west of the church
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm

Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~6 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.7 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.9 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.7 miles
Domesday entry for Draynes, Cornwall →
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