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

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 13 October 2009  Page Views: 4612

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bodrifty Cairns
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SW44653568
Latitude: 50.166022N  Longitude: 5.576987W
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.
 no data 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.
 no data 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
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Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist (SW44653568). You can see the remains of the large capstone on the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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"Two barrows and a possible hut circle near Bodrifty."
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Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist at SW44653568, It's a lot more overgrown than it used to be, You can see the difference if you look at my photo's from 10 and 13 years ago, You can't even see the cist anymore! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by LiveAndrew : The barrow that sits alongside the path (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : The western Bodrifty cairn (SW44633568). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty eastern cairn and cist (SW44653568). You can see the remains of the cist and its large capstone laid next to it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist (SW44653568). You can see the remains of the cist and its large capstone laid next to it.

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist (SW446356). You can see the remains of the cist and its large capstone laid next to it. At the bottom of the photo you can just see some of the cairn's kerb. There's also another cairn a few yards to the west.

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist (SW446356). You can see the remains of the cist and its large capstone laid next to it. There's another cairn a few yards to the west.

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist (SW446356). There's another cairn a few yards to the west as well.

Bodrifty Cairns
Bodrifty Cairns submitted by Bladup : Bodrifty cairn and cist (SW446356). You can see the remains of the cist and its large capstone laid next to it. There is another cairn a few yards to the west.

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 262m ESE 105° Mulfra Hill Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SW449356)
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 885m SW 227° Gulval 2* Round Barrow(s) (SW43973511)
 909m S 178° Boskednan Cist* Cist (SW44643477)
 911m WNW 287° Bosporthennis 2* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW43793599)
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 1.2km SSW 208° Park Vorn* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW44043467)
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 1.2km WNW 281° Carn Galver Cairn* Cairn (SW43503597)
 1.2km N 355° Gear Common* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW446369)
 1.3km WSW 243° Boskednan stone circle* Stone Circle (SW43423513)
 1.4km SW 235° Boskednan 4* Cairn (SW43503495)
 1.4km WSW 245° Boskednan Menhir 1* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43383517)
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