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| HER Number: | 1970 |
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| Name: | TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn cemetery |
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Summary
A group of seven cairns situated on a broad ridge of open moorland.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 2098.35.1
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1970
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s):
Full description
A group of seven cairns (1970.1 - 1970.7) situated on a broad ridge of open moorland. Four of the cairns (1970.1, 1970.3 - 1970.5) are marked on the 1882 OS map (b1) (two as hut circles) and are Scheduled monuments (h1). In 1973 the OS fieldworker (h2, b3) re-identified the hut circles as cairns and discovered and additional, fifth cairn (1970.2). In the 1980s the five recorded cairns were surveyed by the RCHM (h3, h4, b5), together with two newly discovered cairns (1970.6, 1970.7). The latter cairns may be simply the result of stone clearance (1992). The cairns are in a linear arrangement along the ridge and range in overall diameter from 3.8m to 19.5m. Their mounds are 0.2m to 0.6m high, with that of 1970.5 being exceptionally up to 1.2m high becuase it is constructed around a natural granite outcrop. With the exception of 1970.3, all cairns show evidence of kerbing, and in the case of 1970.3 there are traces of three concentric kerbs, the outer one of which is formed of coursed walling rather than the usual slab construction. The middle kerb of this cairn and the kerb of 1970.5 lean inwards by 10 - 25 degrees; cairn 1970.7 contains the possible remains of a cist or small chamber. The cairns are on the whole in fairly good condition, but have been dug into and rifled for stone in the past (h4).
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Site history:
1: 1972. MERCER, RJ / IAM
2: 1973. JWS / OS
4: 1984. QUINNELL, NV AND FLETCHER, MJ / RCHM
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NMR, 21/4/76, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22713.
NMR, 21/4/76, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22714.
NMR, 28/2/79, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22721.
NMR, 28/2/79, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22723.
NMR, 28/2/79, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22724.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1177 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22727.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1177 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22728.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1177 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22676.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1177 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22677.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1177 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22687.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22702.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22716.
NMR, 31/5/78, NMR 1178 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22731.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.
CUC, 1978, RC8 BU 136 (Photographic Record). SCO16325.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.
<4> Trahair, JER, 1978, Survey of Cairns on Bodmin Moor, VOL 17, 20 (Article in Journal). SCO4956.
<5> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1177, 1178 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SCO22676 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1177. SX 1170 7760. |
| --- | SCO22677 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1177. SX 1170 7760. |
| --- | SCO22687 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1177. SX 1170 7760. |
| --- | SCO22702 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1178. SX 1160 7840. |
| --- | SCO22713 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 21/4/76. NMR 1178. SX 1180 7810. |
| --- | SCO22714 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 21/4/76. NMR 1178. SX 1160 7820. |
| --- | SCO22716 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1178. SX 1160 7840. |
| --- | SCO22721 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 28/2/79. NMR 1178. SX 1110 7870. |
| --- | SCO22723 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 28/2/79. NMR 1178. SX 1180 7820. |
| --- | SCO22724 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 28/2/79. NMR 1178. SX 1170 7800. |
| --- | SCO22727 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1177. SX 1150 7780. |
| --- | SCO22728 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1177. SX 1150 7780. |
| --- | SCO22731 - Aerial Photograph: NMR. 31/5/78. NMR 1178. SX 1170 7820. |
| [p1] | SCO16325 - Photographic Record: CUC. 1978. RC8 BU 136. |
| [1] | SCO4048 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. 1st Edition 1:2500 Map. |
| [2] | SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map. |
| [3] | SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map. |
| [4] | SCO4956 - Article in Journal: Trahair, JER. 1978. Survey of Cairns on Bodmin Moor. Cornish Archaeology. 17. VOL 17, 20. |
| [5] | SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1177, 1178. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 1970.50 | Parent of: ALEX TOR - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
| 1970.70 | Parent of: CANDRA - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
| 1970.60 | Parent of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
| 1970.10 | Parent of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
| 1970.20 | Parent of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
| 1970.30 | Parent of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
| 1970.40 | Parent of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn (Monument) |
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