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The two round cairns 768 metres and 778 metres east-north-east of Sparretts Farm are Bronze Age burial monuments in south-central Cornwall. Scheduled as a protected monument by Historic England, they form part of the Bronze Age cairn field characteristic of Bodmin Moor's upland landscape. Built upon bedrock of Permian igneous intrusion, the felsic rock substratum would have been exposed or readily accessible to Bronze Age communities constructing these substantial stone mounds, which served as burial places or ceremonial centres.
Round cairns of this type were typically built between approximately 2200 and 800 BC as funerary monuments, often containing cremated or inhumed remains within stone-lined chambers or cists. The survival of two monuments in close proximity suggests a family or community cemetery, with the spacing between them indicating careful spatial planning. The moorland setting, though higher and more exposed than lowland settlements, offered an enduring landscape that preserved these monuments relatively intact through subsequent millennia.
The scheduled monument status protects an area of 0.04 hectares centred on grid reference SX 24358 72139, ensuring these Bronze Age cairns remain preserved against modern damage and disturbance. Like other Cornish upland cairns, they represent significant evidence of prehistoric land use, settlement patterns and ritual practice in the region.
Two round cairns 768m and 778m ENE of Sparretts Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010244. View the official record →
The two round cairns 768 metres and 778 metres east-north-east of Sparretts Farm are Bronze Age burial monuments in south-central Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010244.
Two round cairns 768m and 778m ENE of Sparretts Farm 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 1010244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Cleer's Well and cross (3.9 km), Medieval wayside cross at Redgate (3.9 km), Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard (4 km).
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Two round cairns 768m and 778m ENE of Sparretts Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.