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Catshole Tor Quoit (Chambered Tomb) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by Mr Hamhead12th October 2007ce |
Catshole Downs (Long Cairn) — Images |
 
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Posted by Mr Hamhead 28th September 2006ce |
Catshole Downs (Long Cairn) — Fieldnotes |
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Stuck out on the middle of the moor between Jamaica Inn and Brown Willy, this cairn is not the most easily accessible monument on the moor. It can be found by walking up the valley to the left of Codda farmhouse (Nth of Jamaica Inn) until you come to the boundry wall between the two parishes (Altarnun and St Breward) It sits close to the wall on the north side of the valley. In shape it resembles a boat with a headstone at the upper blunt end. I would estimate it is about 15 yards long and 6 yards wide at the top end. |
Posted by Mr Hamhead 28th September 2006ce Edited 18th October 2007ce |
Catshole Tor Cairns (Cairn(s)) — Images |
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Posted by pure joy18th April 2004ce |
Catshole Downs (Long Cairn) — Images |
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Posted by pure joy 18th April 2004ce |
Catshole Tor Settlement (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Fieldnotes |
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Catshole Tor Settlement - 28.3.2004 For directions etc, see the main Catshole Downs page. I know nothing about this site - just what I saw on the OS map - and haven't seen it mentioned in any of my books. Given that the area is littered with a variety of settlements, I imagine this is pretty much the same as others. I walked through the area on the map but couldn't see anything obvious. The ground in this field is very uneven and hard work and by now I was too knackered to look too hard! This post appears as part of the blog post "Looking down on Kernow"
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Posted by pure joy 4th April 2004ce |
Catshole Tor Cairns (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes |
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Catshole Tor Cairns - 28.3.2004 For directions etc, see the main Catshole Downs page. The OS map shows two cairns on Catshole Tor, one on the east side (SX172786 - which I didn't find), and one on the west side (SX170785). Note that they are in two separate fields with a fence in between. The western one is basically flattened but you can make out the circular shape and probably flanking stones. Ironically the clitter of stones around the area are more 'obvious' and larger than the actual cairn. The west cairn on Catshole Tor aligns with the south cairn on Brown Willy, the Tolborough Tor Cairn, and the Catshole Long Cairn although the long cairn can only been seen from the Tolborough Tor Cairn, whereas the other three can all be seen from one another. This post appears as part of the blog post "Looking down on Kernow"
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Posted by pure joy 4th April 2004ce |
Catshole Downs (Long Cairn) — Fieldnotes |
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Catshole Downs Long Cairn - 28.3.2004 For directions etc, see the main Catshole Downs page. This long trip is worth it for this alone. A huge rarity and relatively easy to find (once you get to the general area), especially if you've previously seen a picture of it. You can also spot it from Tolborough Tor. From Tolborough Tor head for the gate in the angled bit of the field (circa SX171782). Note -the downs were pretty swampy in places when I visited (& more swampy than other upland areas in Devon & Cornwall). The Long Cairn is then 100m away just to the right of the old field wall. What does a Long Cairn look like? Imagine a small long barrow, made of stones instead of earth, in a triangular shape, typically 17 to 30 m long sometimes with traces of internal structure. At Catshole you can see the large-ish front stone, and from there you can make out what might have been flanking stones, and a small litter of stones in the interior. They are of the fourth millennia BC. Peter Herring and Peter Rose, in 'Bodmin Moor's Archaeological Heritage' (Cornwall County Council - 2001), map three long cairns on the moor, with three other possibilities. They suggest that the Catshole long cairn is carefully aligned to the east part of Catshole Tor. What I can add is that the cairn in general does align with the west cairn on Catshole Tor, the south cairn on Brown Willy, and the Tolborough Tor Cairn, although the long cairn can only been seen from the Tolborough Tor Cairn, whereas the other three can all be seen from one another. This post appears as part of the blog post "Looking down on Kernow"
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Posted by pure joy 4th April 2004ce |
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