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Tor cairn on Showery Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises a cairn structure typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in the South West, constructed from stone gathered from the immediate locality. The monument sits within the broader landscape of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity characteristic of Cornish upland areas during the Bronze Age period. Its preservation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of early metal age burial customs and settlement patterns in the region.
Tor cairn on Showery Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011544. View the official record →
Tor cairn on Showery Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011544.
Tor cairn on 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 1011544.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (8.5 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (9.4 km), Wayside cross known as Peverell's Cross (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tor cairn on 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.
Tor cairn on Showery Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.