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<< Our Photo Pages >> Boskednan B - Cairn in England in Cornwall

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 05 July 2011  Page Views: 8810

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boskednan B
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SW4329435260
Latitude: 50.161666N  Longitude: 5.595653W
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
3 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.
3 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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Boskednan A
Boskednan A submitted by h_fenton : Oblique aerial view of two tumuli at Boskednan. The tumulus in the foreground is at grid reference SW43263530 and includes the Boskednan menhir. The green patch in the background is another tumulus marked on the OS map at grid reference SW43293526. Kite Aerial Photograph, 16 October 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Cornwall. A ruined cairn a little to the south of Boskednan cairn A.

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"A much robbed barrow 14.0m in diameter and barely 0.4m in height".

Note: CASPN Nine Maidens Barrows clear up, 10th July 2011. Also scrub clearance in the Lizard area on the 26th July 2011 and Tregeseal circle on the 14th August 2011
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SW4335 : Stone on a tumulus, Boskednan by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2008(licence)
SW4335 : Standing Stones by ron layters
by ron layters
©2009(licence)
SW4335 : Nine Maidens (Boskednan) stone circle by Andrew Curtis
by Andrew Curtis
©2016(licence)
SW4335 : Two of the Nine Maidens, Boskednan by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2008(licence)
SW4335 : Two of the Nine Maidens, Boskednan by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2008(licence)

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 38m NW 319° Boskednan Menhir 2* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43273529)
 55m NNW 332° Boskednan A* Cairn (SW43273531)
 124m SE 134° Boskednan Menhir 1* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43383517)
 181m SE 133° Boskednan stone circle* Stone Circle (SW43423513)
 356m WNW 292° Four Parishes Rock* Sculptured Stone (SW42973541)
 358m E 95° Boskednan 2* Cairn (SW43653521)
 372m SE 144° Boskednan 4* Cairn (SW43503495)
 397m WSW 259° Venton Bebibell* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW429352)
 427m NNE 21° Little Galver Kerbcairns* Ring Cairn (SW43473565)
 523m NW 321° Bosigran Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW42983568)
 574m SE 144° Ding Dong Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43613478)
 603m W 271° Men Scryfa* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SW42693530)
 628m WSW 248° Men-an-tol Artificial Mound (SW4270135048)
 648m WSW 252° Men-an-tol Mound Cairn (SW4266835086)
 690m E 100° Gulval 2 Round Barrow(s) (SW43973511)
 722m WSW 241° Men-An-Tol* Holed Stone (SW4264434942)
 739m NNE 13° Carn Galver Cairn* Cairn (SW43503597)
 769m N 357° Little Galver Propped Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW43293603)
 815m SSW 205° Bosiliack Huts N Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42913454)
 870m NW 322° Carn Galver 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW4279235973)
 881m NNE 31° Bosporthennis 2* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW43793599)
 899m NW 314° Carn Galver* Round Barrow(s) (SW42683592)
 913m NNE 29° Bosporthennis Beehive Hut* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW43773604)
 929m NW 320° Carn Galver* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42733600)
 949m SE 126° Park Vorn* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW44043467)
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Boskednan Barrows by lucasn on Thursday, 06 June 2019
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CASPN Nine Maidens Barrows Clear up, 10th July 2011 by coldrum on Sunday, 03 July 2011
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Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network Roesweyth Gwith Hen Leow Kernewek

Sunday 10th July 2011 2.00pm

NINE MAIDENS BARROWS

o/s 433 353

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