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A Round cairn on Wingletang Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located on the Isles of Scilly, positioned approximately fifty metres south-west of Porth Askin. The cairn survives as a substantial mound constructed of stone, characteristic of funerary monuments erected across the British Isles during the prehistoric period. Such burial cairns served as focal points for community ritual and the deposition of the dead, often remaining prominent landscape features for centuries after their construction. The monument forms part of the important concentration of prehistoric archaeology on the Isles of Scilly, contributing to understanding of settlement and mortuary practices in this insular region during antiquity.
Round cairn on Wingletang Down, 50m south west of Porth Askin is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009264. View the official record →
A Round cairn on Wingletang Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located on the Isles of Scilly, positioned approximately fifty metres south-west of Porth Askin. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009264.
Round cairn on Wingletang Down, 50m south west of Porth Askin 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 1009264.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform cairn on Wingletang Down, 65m SSW of Porth Askin (0 km), Platform cairn on Wingletang Down, 60m south of Porth Askin (0.1 km), Prehistoric kerbed boulder 172m north west of Horse Point, St Agnes (0.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Wingletang Down, 50m south west of Porth Askin'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 on Wingletang Down, 50m south west of Porth Askin stands on Ordovician granite, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is granite group.