What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Platform cairn on Wingletang Down, 60m south of Porth Askin as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Platform cairn on Wingletang Down, 60m south of Porth Askin is a Neolithic funerary monument, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. Its construction reflects early communal burial practices and the significance of such sites in prehistoric ritual and social organization.
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