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Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 11 July 2023  Page Views: 207

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Hugh Town (Isles of Scilly)
Map Ref: SV90631038
Latitude: 49.913404N  Longitude: 6.310936W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn
King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn submitted by Bladup : King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn, The towers base is said to be the platform and kerb of a Chambered Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Cornwall

Site of a chambered cairn excavated by Borlase, on which the former windmill King Edward's Tower now stands (There was once 3 Chambered Cairns on Buzza Hill). The chambered cairn was excavated by Borlase. It had an earth filled chamber, 6.7m long, aligned NE-SW and walled with "mortared" masonry 1.5m high. Some of the capstones had previously been robbed for building. It was apparently the largest of the three cairns on Buzza Hill and was said by Gibson to be the mound on which the former windmill King Edward's Tower stands. Russell lists this entrance grave as being destroyed in the early C19 - presumably she is alluding to the construction of the windmill. The OS field worker says the tower stands eccentrically within a kerbed platform, 12m in diameter and 0.4m-1.0m high. The lower course of boulders could represent the perimeter of a cairn, but the remainder is clearly of modern construction.
There was another Chambered Cairn 12.8m to the NE, It contained a chamber 4.3m long by 1.2m wide, aligned ENE-WSW.
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King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn
King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn submitted by Bladup : King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn, The towers base is said to be the platform and kerb of a Chambered Cairn , Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn is a few yards West and 12.8m NE of the tower was another Chambered Cairn, Making 3 Chambered Cairns on this one hill! (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn
King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn submitted by Bladup : King Edward''s Tower Chambered Cairn, The towers base is said to be the platform and kerb of a Chambered Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn
King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn submitted by Bladup : King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn, The towers base is said to be the platform and kerb of a Chambered Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn
King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SV9010 : The Buzza Tower by Mark Percy
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SV9010 : Buzza Hill by Alan Simkins
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SV9010 : Footpath down to Porth Cressa beach by Andrew Abbott
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