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Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 14 January 2023 Page Views: 453

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Borough Cairn
Country: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SV89761491
Latitude: 49.953580N Longitude: 6.326662W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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

5

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**Borough Cairn** submitted by Bladup : The site of Borough Cairn, Not a lot here now (Vote or comment on this photo)

Recorded as a tumulus on the 1908 OS map and as the site of a tumulus on the 1963 OS map, this is a low tree covered barrow, 17.5m diameter by 0.6m high, on the top of a hill.
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**Foxborough Cairn** submitted by stonetracker : The original published map showed a modern rock pile or cairn trail marker on a flat ledge. As of 2016, this was dismantled and re-built as a stone fire ring (shown in photo) with evidence of current use. So the original rock pile is gone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SV8914 : Boat stored for winter by Andrew Abbott — by Andrew Abbott
©2012(licence)

SV8914 : Bend in the road near Borough Farm by Andrew Abbott — by Andrew Abbott
©2012(licence)

SV8914 : Farmland on the eastern side of Tresco by Colin Park — by Colin Park
©2011(licence)

SV8914 : Borough; east Tresco by Jonathan Billinger — by Jonathan Billinger
©2012(licence)

SV8914 : Borough Road by Richard Croft — by Richard Croft
©2010(licence)

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