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Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The cairn survives as a mounded earthwork constructed from stone, typical of funerary structures built during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were erected across the moorland landscape of south-west England. Its preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices on Bodmin Moor. The site remains substantially in its original form, contributing to the understanding of Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary landscapes in the region.
Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011213. View the official record →
Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011213.
Round cairn 460m north 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 1011213.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (9 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (9.8 km), Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 460m north of Showery Tor'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 460m north of Showery Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.