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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Boskednan 4 Alternative Name: Boskednan southern kerbcairn
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SW43503495
Latitude: 50.158973N  Longitude: 5.592565W
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 4
Boskednan 4 submitted by h_fenton : Oblique (almost vertical) aerial view of a cairn at Boskednan - the kerb stones can be seen clearly. South of Nine Maidens (Boskednan) stone circle. The top of the photo is north. Grid reference SW43493495 Kite Aerial Photograph, 16 October 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Kerb Cairn in Cornwall.

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"A flat-topped grass-covered cairn measuring 21 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high. Stones of various sizes protrude through the surface. The southern side of the monument has been robbed."

250m SSE of the Nine Maidens circle.
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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : The Boskednan southern kerb cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Antonine : With Ding Dong mine, 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn and a lovely coloured sky (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn with Ding Dong Mine in the background

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn with Carn Galver on the left, On the little hill in the background of the photo is the two lovely Little Galver Kerbcairns

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn, A Large Kerbstone hidden behind a little tree

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn after Sunset

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn overlooks Mount's Bay

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Nearly hidden Kerbstones at Boskednan 4 Kerbcairn

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : The Southern kerb cairn at SW43493495.

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Some stones of the Southern kerb cairn at SW43493495, You can just see St Michael's mount in the distance, right of center.

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Boskednan 4 submitted by Bladup : Some stones of the Southern kerb cairn in the mist at SW43493495.

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Boskednan 4 submitted by AngieLake : The stones of the cairn just south of Boskednan, looking towards Ding Dong mine.

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Boskednan 4 submitted by AngieLake : Looking across this cairn at ground level (Approx towards NW). (1 comment)

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 197m NNW 333° Boskednan stone circle* Stone Circle (SW43423513)
 202m SE 144° Ding Dong Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43613478)
 250m NNW 329° Boskednan Menhir 1* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43383517)
 300m NNE 27° Boskednan 2* Cairn (SW43653521)
 372m NW 324° Boskednan B* Cairn (SW4329435260)
 410m NW 323° Boskednan Menhir 2* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43273529)
 426m NW 325° Boskednan A* Cairn (SW43273531)
 495m ENE 68° Gulval 2 Round Barrow(s) (SW43973511)
 606m ESE 115° Park Vorn* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW44043467)
 648m WNW 290° Venton Bebibell* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW429352)
 700m NW 308° Four Parishes Rock* Sculptured Stone (SW42973541)
 700m N 355° Little Galver Kerbcairns* Ring Cairn (SW43473565)
 717m SW 232° Bosiliack Huts N Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42913454)
 744m SSE 163° Bosiliack standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43693423)
 751m E 82° Boskednan 3 Ancient Village or Settlement (SW44253502)
 802m W 274° Men-an-tol Artificial Mound (SW4270135048)
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 840m W 277° Men-an-tol Mound Cairn (SW4266835086)
 840m SSE 159° Bosiliack B menhir* Modern Stone Circle etc (SW43763415)
 853m W 267° Men-An-Tol* Holed Stone (SW4264434942)
 865m SW 228° Bosiliack Huts* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42833440)
 880m WNW 291° Men Scryfa* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SW42693530)
 895m NW 322° Bosigran Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW42983568)
 899m SW 227° Bosiliack Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42813437)
 1.0km N 357° Carn Galver Cairn* Cairn (SW43503597)
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