Kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1005470
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1973
- Location Description:
- Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
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Location
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- Location Description:
- Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Breward
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 11830 78380
Reasons for Designation
Bodmin Moor, the largest of the Cornish granite uplands, has long been recognised to have exceptional preservation of archaeological remains. The Moor has been the subject of detailed archaeological survey and is one of the best recorded upland landscapes in England. The extensive relict landscapes of prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval date provide direct evidence for human exploitation of the Moor from the earliest prehistoric period onwards. The well-preserved and often visible relationship between settlement sites, field systems, ceremonial and funerary monuments as well as later industrial remains provides significant insights into successive changes in the pattern of land use through time. Kerbed cairns are prehistoric funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). They were constructed as stone mounds defined by an outer kerb of upright stones or walling covering single or multiple burials. These burials may be placed within the mound in stone-lined compartments called cists. In some cases the cairn was surrounded by a ditch. Often occupying prominent locations, kerbed cairns are a major visual element in the modern landscape. They are a relatively common feature of the uplands and are the stone equivalent of the earthen round barrows of the lowlands. Their considerable variation in form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisation amongst early prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period. Despite early partially excavation or robbing, the kerbed cairn 415m NNW of Candra survives comparatively well and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction, longevity, territorial significance, social organisation, funerary and ritual practices and overall landscape context.
Details
The monument includes a kerbed cairn, situated the summit of a ridge called Treswallock Downs, to the south of Alex Tor. The cairn survives as a circular stony mound measuring up to 11.7m in diameter and 0.4m high with a partially-visible outer kerb of upright stones. A central hollow may be the result of antiquarian excavation although no details are known.
Sources: HER:-
PastScape Monument No:-433212
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- CO 893
- Legacy System:
- RSM - OCN
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official listing