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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shipman Head Chambered CairnCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.291 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isles of Scilly Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: SV87621540
Latitude: 49.956858N Longitude: 6.356804W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A large Chambered Cairn with a ruined chamber and possible cists, Approx 25m diameter by 0.6m high. Off centre to the north is the cover-stone, 2.7m by 1.3m, but the whole cairn has been much dug into and multilated. Two large kerbstones stand upright on the east side of the mound.
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