<< Our Photo Pages >> Casehill Cairn - Cairn in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Casehill Cairn Alternative Name: Casehill Downs - Bronze Age cairnCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Camelford
Map Ref: SX12617794
Latitude: 50.571075N Longitude: 4.64767W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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markj99 visited on 11th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 I found Casehill Cairn by following the wall from Casehill Farm. The most impressive feature of the monument is the kerb stone on the NE Arc, measuring c. 3 feet high by 15 feet wide.
From the Cornwall HER: 'A kerbed cairn situated on high ground on the edge of unenclosed moorland.'
'According to the RCHM it is a mutilated turf covered kerbed cairn which measures 19m in diameter (not 12m as recorded by the OS) and about 0.6m high (not 0.9m as recorded by the OS). The kerb, which is partly visible, is approximately 15.3m in diameter and includes a number of large upright slabs (the biggest being 2.3m long and 0.85m high) (h4). The top of the mound has been extensively disturbed and the north side has been cut in two by a 1.5m high field dyke (h4). The OS fieldworker (h2) recorded that the kerb consisted of three inward leaning slabs exposed on the inner north east and south west margins of the cairn, and also noted that the portion of cairn north of the modern field wall is vestigal'.
Surprisingly large kerb slabs, reminiscent of Alex Tor Cairn nearby.
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