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Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. The site comprises a round cairn, a form of ritual and funerary monument typical of the Bronze Age period in southwest England. Such cairns served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and often functioned as focal points for ceremonial activity within Bronze Age communities. The monument's survival in the landscape provides archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Cornish peninsula.
Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004632. View the official record →
Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004632.
Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian 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 1004632.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two barrows and circular enclosure on Pordenack Point (4.3 km), Round cairn 160m north east of Bosistow Island (4.4 km), Promontory fort at Carn Les Boel (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian'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.
Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.