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| HER Number: | 1970.10 |
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| Name: | TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn |
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Summary
Remains of a turf covered cairn, 7.2m by 6.9m, comprising an incomplete kerb of upright slabs up to 1.1m high.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17NW 30
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1970.10
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17NW 90
Monument Type(s):
- CAIRN? (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
Full description
Part of a cairn group (1970), this cairn is situated on the crest of a boulder covered moorland ridge. It was originally recorded as a hut circle (b1) and Scheduled as such in 1973 (h1), but the OS fieldworker (h2, b2) found a mutilated turf covered cairn, 10m diameter and up to 0.6m high, with a retaining circle of stones which give the appearance of a hut circle. In the 1980s the site was surveyed from the air and on the ground by the RCHM (h3, h4, b3). According to the latter, it comprises a ragged turf covered mound, which incorporates an incomplete kerb of upright slabs, the talllest of which is 1.1m high. The overall dimensions of 7.2m by 6.9m are less than those recorded by the OS fieldworker. The RCHM say much of the centre and north west side of the mound have been robbed. The kerb is approximately 4.4m in diameter and the cairn material may originally have been contained within these upright slabs (h3).
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Site history:
1: 1972. MERCER, RJ / IAM
2: 1973. JWS / OS
4: 1984. FLETCHER, M / RCHM
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.
<3> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1177 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.
<4> Trahair, JER, 1978, Survey of Cairns on Bodmin Moor, VOL 17, 20 (Article in Journal). SCO4956.
Sources / Further Reading
| [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] | SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1177. |
| [4] | SCO4956 - Article in Journal: Trahair, JER. 1978. Survey of Cairns on Bodmin Moor. Cornish Archaeology. 17. VOL 17, 20. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 1970 | Part of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn cemetery (Monument) |
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