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HER Number:1970.40
Name:TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn

Summary

A cairn, 11.7m in diameter and up to 0.4m high.

Grid Reference:SX 1182 7838
Parish:St Breward, North Cornwall, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument CO893: Hut circle on Treswallock Downs 500yds (460m) NNW of Candra

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17NW 46
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1970.40
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17NW 89

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

Part of a cairn group (1970), this cairn is situated on a broad ridge of unenclosed moorland, in an inconspicuous position. It was originally recorded as a hut circle (b1, b2, b4) and in the 1970s was Scheduled as such (h1), but in 1973 the OS fieldworker (h2, b2) identified it as the turf covered remains of a cairn. In the 1980s the cairn was surveyed from the air and on the ground by the RCHM (h3, h4, b5). According to the latter it is circular, 11.7m in diameter, and composed of small stones (mostly 0.2m across). The mound is 0.2m to 0.4m high (but excavation material is piled to a height of 0.7m) and 1.7m within the perimeter the tops of three small upright slabs protrude and may represent the remains of an open kerb. The condition of this cairn is poor; the interior has been dug over and the south eastern half gutted to ground level and below (h4).

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Site history:
1: 1972. MERCER, RJ / IAM
2: 1973. JWS / OS
4: 1984. QUINNELL, NV / 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> 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 1178 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.

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]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 1178.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

1970Part of: TRESWALLOCK DOWNS - Bronze Age cairn cemetery (Monument)

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