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Six cairns on Buttern Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises six stone cairns distributed across Buttern Hill, representing a concentrated grouping of burial monuments typical of Bronze Age ritual and sepulchral practice in the region. These cairns, constructed from heaped stone, reflect the funerary traditions of the second and first millennia before the Common Era, when such monuments served as prominent markers of burial sites and territorial presence across the Cornish landscape. The survival of multiple cairns at this location provides evidence of sustained ceremonial and burial activity during the prehistoric period.
Six cairns on Buttern Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007298. View the official record →
Six cairns on Buttern Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007298.
Six cairns on Buttern Hill 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 1007298.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 825m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm (9.2 km), Banked cairn on Browngelly Downs, 880m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm (9.2 km), Round cairn on Browngelly Downs, 940m ESE of Higher Gillhouse Farm (9.3 km).
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