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HER Number:1642.20
Name:MANOR COMMON - Bronze Age cairn

Summary

A cairn 11m in diameter and 0.5m high, with suggestions of a ditch on the south side.

Grid Reference:SX 1296 7422
Parish:Blisland, North Cornwall, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17SW 24
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1642.20
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17SW 3

Monument Type(s):

  • CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

A cairn located by the OS during field investigation in 1973 (h1) and subsequently recorded on the 1984 OS map (b1). Surveyed by the RCHM in the 1980s (b2, h2, h3). Described in 1973 as a bowl barrow c. In poor condition (h1). No change by 1984 (h3).

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Site history:
1: 1973. FLETCHER, MJ/OS
3: 1984. FLETCHER, MJ/RCHM
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<2> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1274 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[2]SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1274.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

1642Part of: MANOR COMMON - Bronze Age cairn cemetery (Monument)