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<< Our Photo Pages >> Showery Tor North Cairn 1 - Round Cairn in England in Cornwall

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Showery Tor North Cairn 1
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Camelford  Nearest Village: Camelford
Map Ref: SX14978178
Latitude: 50.606325N  Longitude: 4.616292W
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
2 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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Showery Tor North Cairn 1
Showery Tor North Cairn 1 submitted by dooclay : I think this is the same monument? I made the grid ref SX 14977/1777 somaybe not? (Vote or comment on this photo)
A badly damaged cairn 22.6m in diameter and now 1.4m high to the north of Showery Tor; its centre has been cmpletely and haphazardly excavated.

Two metres within its present perimeter are some upright stones which may indicate a retaining circle.

Pastscape Monument 434459.
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Showery Tor North Cairn 1
Showery Tor North Cairn 1 submitted by davep : Showery Tor North Cairn 1 HER uid=MCO4576 HER url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO4576&resourceID=1020 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Showery Tor North Cairn 1
Showery Tor North Cairn 1 submitted by dooclay : Another picture of the barrow from the SW (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX1481 : Cairn to Cairn by Matthew Hatton
by Matthew Hatton
©2017(licence)
SX1581 : Small pool on the slopes of Showery Tor by Rod Allday
by Rod Allday
©2008(licence)
SX1481 : Moorland below Showery Tor by Rod Allday
by Rod Allday
©2008(licence)
SX1581 : Pony, on Showery Tor by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2008(licence)
SX1581 : View over Roughtor Marsh by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2012(licence)

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 344m WSW 251° Roughtor NW cairn* Cairn (SX14648168)
 354m WSW 258° Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 1* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14628172)
 371m N 353° Showery Tor North Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX14948215)
 470m S 181° Showery Tor propped stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1494281311)
 472m S 184° Showery Tor Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SX14928131)
 530m W 272° Showery Tor Northwest Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX14448182)
 544m W 260° Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 2* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14438170)
 577m WSW 238° Showery Tor Northwest Cairn 1* Round Cairn (SX14478149)
 616m WSW 243° Showery Tor Northwest enclosure 3 Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14418152)
 671m W 263° Roughtor long cairn* Cairn (SX14308172)
 734m SSW 202° Roughtor well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX14678111)
 786m S 190° Little Roughtor Cairns* Cairn (SX14818101)
 828m W 271° Roughtor North cairn X* Round Cairn (SX14148182)
 911m WSW 250° Roughtor north* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX141815)
 925m SSW 193° Little Roughtor propped stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1472580887)
 942m SSW 195° Roughtor settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14698088)
 997m SSW 213° Roughtor 1 Cairn (SX14408096)
 1.0km SSE 164° Maiden Tor hut circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX15228080)
 1.0km SSW 200° Roughtor Cairn 2 Cairn (SX14598082)
 1.1km SSW 212° Roughtor 2 Ring Cairn (SX14378091)
 1.1km SSW 202° Roughtor Summit Cairns* Cairn (SX14548080)
 1.1km SSW 194° Roughtor 4 Cairn (SX14688075)
 1.1km SSW 204° Roughtor* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX14498080)
 1.2km S 170° Roughtor East Cairn Group* Cairn (SX15148057)
 1.3km W 269° Poldue Downs Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX137818)
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