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Platform cairn with rim bank and central cairn, and a secondary cairn, on the summit of Carne Down

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The National Heritage List for England records Platform cairn with rim bank and central cairn, and a secondary cairn, on the summit of Carne Down 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.
Neolithic platform cairn with a central cairn and secondary cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It represents an important example of early funerary and ritual architecture in the prehistoric landscape.

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