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Bearah Tramway cairn

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<b>Bearah Tramway cairn</b>Posted by Mr HamheadImage © Mr Hamhead
Nearest Town:Liskeard (9km S)
OS Ref (GB):   SX254743 / Sheet: 201
Latitude:50° 32' 30.27" N
Longitude:   4° 27' 52.01" W

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Don't know how I have not gone looking for this one before....walked the area loads of times. Marked as a cairn on OS maps, this little cist is hidden under a gorse bush beside the old tramway that runs west from Bearah Quarry.
Apart from the capstone there is very little above ground...hardly a cairn in the Bodmin Moor scheme of things.
Too dark and too small to take a look inside so had to rely on the camera to get a photo. It looks very tidy inside with banding on the stones suggesting where the earth/water level once was?
Mr Hamhead Posted by Mr Hamhead
8th April 2011ce