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Showery Tor ring cairn and cheesewring - 1.4.2003
This is a pretty dramatic setting for a ring cairn. Ring cairns are often made around prominent sites. Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books - 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) says “A natural formation of weathered granite, 5.0m high and reminiscent of the Cheesewring on Stowe’s Hill [near the Hurlers ], is surrounded by a massive ring cairn of piled stone 30m in diameter and up to 1.2m high. The natural formation was evidently intended as a focal point. No excavations have been recorded at this site, so it is not known how many, if any, burials were associated with this presumably Bronze Age site”This post appears as part of the weblog entry Another Kernow Week |
Posted by pure joy
6th April 2003ce
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