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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Beacon CistCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Launceston Nearest Village: Altarnun
Map Ref: SX19667944
Latitude: 50.586771N Longitude: 4.548945W
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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Walking down from the top of The Beacon towards the Black Rock and then on to the moor entrance at Westmoorgate, I notice lots of lumps and bumps in the moorland up here, clearly not natural. I think some of it is possibly the remains of some sort of mining or quarrying activity, but at one point I find what looks like it may be the remains of a cist within a small cairn, but its not a typical place for such a thing to be found.
However, there appear to be remnants of hut circles around here, and the known large cairns up at the top of the hill, and with the fabulous remains all over the nearby Leskernick Hill, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this hill was once as occupied and lived on as that.
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160m S 174° The Beacon Cairns* Cairn (SX19677928)
405m SSW 194° Elephant Rock* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX19557905)
861m WNW 281° Leskernick SE* Stone Circle (SX18827964)
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977m SW 234° Trezelland stone setting* Standing Stones (SX18857889)
1.0km WNW 289° Leskernick* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18717980)
1.0km WNW 289° Leskernick cairn* Cairn (SX18687982)
1.2km WNW 292° Leskernick NW* Stone Circle (SX18587992)
1.4km NNW 337° Westmoor Cairns* Cairn (SX19178070)
1.4km WNW 284° Leskernick cist* Cist (SX18307983)
1.4km NNE 23° Westmoorgate circle* Stone Circle (SX20258073)
1.4km WNW 291° Leskernick Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX18358000)
1.5km WNW 295° Leskernick 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1829880125)
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1.6km WNW 297° Leskernick Quoit* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX1827980202)
1.6km WNW 302° Leskernick Hill cairn* Cairn (SX18328035)
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2.1km S 172° Carneglos row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX19887737)
2.3km SSE 162° Carneglos Barrow* Ring Cairn (SX20287725)
2.3km S 171° Carneglos settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX19957715)
2.3km SW 221° Tolborough Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1807877741)
2.6km WSW 248° Catshole Quoit* Chambered Tomb (SX17227856)
2.6km SW 231° Tolborough Tor stone row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX17547787)
2.6km SW 232° Tolborough Tor Cairn* Cairn (SX175779)
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