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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Galver Cairn - Cairn in England in Cornwall

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 13 October 2009  Page Views: 3453

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Galver Cairn
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Cairn

Map Ref: SW43503597
Latitude: 50.168128N  Longitude: 5.593253W
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.
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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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Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn, Three concentric stone walls were found when excavated and between the outer and middle wall was found an urn containing bones and charcoal. Part of the cairn was removed and used in a building and only a section of the mound was actually excavated. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Cornwall

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"Remains of a cairn near Carn Galver excavated circa 1840 and found to contain a burial urn."

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Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by LiveAndrew : The building with some of the remains of the cairn on the right-hand side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn looking West. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn looking East. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn looking North East. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn looking South East. (1 comment)

Carn Galver Cairn
Carn Galver Cairn submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver Cairn, A roofless stone building about 8.0m long and 4.0m wide has been constructed in the cairn, It was excavated circa 1840 and found to contain a burial urn. (1 comment)

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 218m WNW 283° Little Galver Propped Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW43293603)
 278m ENE 73° Bosporthennis Beehive Hut* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW43773604)
 290m E 83° Bosporthennis 2* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW43793599)
 321m S 183° Little Galver Kerbcairns* Ring Cairn (SW43473565)
 344m NNW 340° Hannibal's carn* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW434363)
 573m N 3° Bosporthennis Quoit* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SW43563654)
 589m NE 49° Bosporthennis Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW4396436335)
 594m WSW 238° Bosigran Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW42983568)
 698m SSW 196° Boskednan A* Cairn (SW43273531)
 706m W 267° Carn Galver 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW4279235973)
 717m SSW 196° Boskednan Menhir 2* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43273529)
 739m SSW 193° Boskednan B* Cairn (SW4329435260)
 768m W 269° Carn Galver* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42733600)
 770m SW 221° Four Parishes Rock* Sculptured Stone (SW42973541)
 774m SSE 166° Boskednan 2* Cairn (SW43653521)
 778m E 89° Treen Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW44283595)
 808m S 186° Boskednan Menhir 1* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW43383517)
 819m W 264° Carn Galver* Round Barrow(s) (SW42683592)
 828m W 281° Carn Galver 1* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW4269236165)
 843m S 183° Boskednan stone circle* Stone Circle (SW43423513)
 975m SW 215° Venton Bebibell* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW429352)
 979m SSE 149° Gulval 2 Round Barrow(s) (SW43973511)
 1.0km S 177° Boskednan 4* Cairn (SW43503495)
 1.0km SW 228° Men Scryfa* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SW42693530)
 1.1km N 352° Porthmeor Fogou* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW43413703)
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Re: Carn Galver Cairn by MikeAttwell on Thursday, 08 June 2023
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As suggested above this site name should be changed to Bosporthennis Cairn. It appears in the HER under this name and is closer to a number of other sites that to Cairn Galver. HER reference is MCO4192.
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Re: Carn Galver Cairn by Anonymous on Friday, 06 March 2020
I have now published a blog post all about Carn Galver/Galva. studying the tor enclosure itself, also an unrecognised ancient construction (may well be Neolithic) & it's alignments mostly in Penwith but also from Bodmin Moor to the Isles of Scilly. It also features a four minute drone footage film of the carn: https://ancientwhisperspenwith.blogspot.com/2020/03/carn-galver-propped-stone-structure.html
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Re: Carn Galver Cairn by Bladup on Sunday, 10 July 2016
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These photo's are in both the "Carn Galver round barrow" and "Carn Galver Settlement" sites, They should be in this site but not in the other two.
Maybe this site's name should be changed to "Bosporthennis Cairn" or "Little Galver Cairn" to save any confusion, Thanks.
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