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Tor cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 650 metres south-south-west of Caradon Hill summit on the Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The site comprises a cairn of substantial size accompanied by an adjacent sub-rectangular stone structure, likely representing a domestic hut or settlement feature contemporary with or later than the cairn's construction. The monument dates to the Bronze Age period, when such cairns served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and functioned as focal points within the wider landscape of Caradon's upland settlement zone. The presence of the associated hut structure indicates occupation or repeated use of this location during prehistory, contributing to the archaeological evidence for pastoral and agricultural activity across Bodmin Moor during the Bronze Age.
Tor cairn with adjacent sub-rectangular hut 650m SSW of Caradon Hill summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011793. View the official record →
Tor cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 650 metres south-south-west of Caradon Hill summit on the Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011793.
Tor cairn with adjacent sub-rectangular hut 650m SSW of Caradon Hill summit 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 1011793.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cleer's Well and cross (2.8 km), Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard (3 km), Medieval wayside cross at Redgate (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tor cairn with adjacent sub-rectangular hut 650m SSW of Caradon Hill summit'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 with adjacent sub-rectangular hut 650m SSW of Caradon Hill summit stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.