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<< Our Photo Pages >> Boscregan Cairns - Cairn in England in Cornwall

Submitted by coldrum on Sunday, 27 July 2008  Page Views: 4098

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boscregan Cairns
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: St Just
Map Ref: SW358297
Latitude: 50.108473N  Longitude: 5.6965W
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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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
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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
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Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis southern kerb cairn, only 7m across, it yielded an astonishing range of finds. This had been a kerbed ring mound raised around a natural boulder 1.2m high, and within it were four urns, three of them dating from the middle bronze Age, along with other fragments of pottery, a perforated stone, a leaf-shaped arrowhead, shale discs, pieces of glass, a steatite button and number of segmente... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Cornwall
Carn Creis southern kerb cairn, only 7m across, it yielded an astonishing range of finds.

This had been a kerbed ring mound raised around a natural boulder 1.2m high, and within it were four urns, three of them dating from the middle bronze Age, along with other fragments of pottery, a perforated stone, a leaf-shaped arrowhead, shale discs, pieces of glass, a steatite button and number of segmented faience beads.
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Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis North, The Carn Polpry Ring cairns are on the hill in the background on the right and Cape Cornwall in the distance on the left (Vote or comment on this photo)

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis North. A cairn 8.2 m in diameter was examined by W.C. Borlase. It had an outer and inner ring of stones and within the latter were the probable remains of a stone cist, sherds of two vessels were found in or near it. The inner ring of stones is the most complete with eight still in position. Of the outer ring there appears to be six stones in situ. Only the south side of the cist survi... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Some big stones in the northern Carn Creis Barrow, it's right by the coast path and there isn't really anywhere much better, hills, sky, sea, nice cairns and great views all around [inc to the Scillys], Cape Cornwall is in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : The remaining Kerb and the boulder it enclosed at Carn Creis South, (Vote or comment on this photo)

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : The remaining Kerb and the boulder it enclosed at Carn Creis South, Looking South down the coast

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : This photo is trying to show that the kerb of Carn Creis South is itself sat upon it's own mound, The Boulder within the Kerb must have surely held some sort of special significance to the builders of the kerb Cairn that enclosed it, The photo is looking South to Sennen Cove

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : The remaining Kerb and the boulder it enclosed at Carn Creis South (with Milo the dog looking on)

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis North is becoming very overgrown

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Large stones in the Kerb at Carn Creis South

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis South Kerb

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis South

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis North

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis North, A cairn 8.2 m in diameter was examined by W.C. Borlase. It had an outer and inner ring of stones and within the latter were the probable remains of a stone cist, sherds of two vessels were found in or near it. The inner ring of stones is the most complete with eight still in position. Of the outer ring there appears to be six stones in situ. Only the south side of the cist survi...

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Sunset at Carn Creis South. A cairn with an overall diameter of 7.8m built around a central boulder measuring 2m by 2.5m and 1.3m high. Five stones, some contiguous and up to 1m high form the remains of a kerb. On the outer face they are embanked with rubble. The interior, between the boulder and the kerb, has been stripped, mostly to ground level. When excavated the filling had been removed from ...

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : Carn Creis South - a cairn with an overall diameter of 7.8m built around a central boulder measuring 2m by 2.5m and 1.3m high. Five stones, some contiguous and up to 1m high form the remains of a kerb. On the outer face they are embanked with rubble. The interior, between the boulder and the kerb, has been stripped, mostly to ground level. When excavated the filling had been removed from all but t...

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup

Boscregan Cairns
Boscregan Cairns submitted by Bladup : A cairn with an overall diameter of 7.8m built around a central boulder measuring 2m by 2.5m and 1.3m high. Five stones, some contiguous and up to 1m high form the remains of a kerb. On the outer face they are embanked with rubble. The interior, between the boulder and the kerb, has been stripped, mostly to ground level. When excavated the filling had been removed from all but the south side where...

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