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The cairn and cist located 380 metres west of Bellever Tor, and the cairn and standing stone situated 370 metres south-west of the tor, form outlying elements of a Bronze Age cairn cemetery in Devon. These monuments are characteristic of burial and ritual practices during the Bronze Age, when such stone structures served as communal or individual sepulchres, with the cist representing a stone-lined burial chamber. The standing stone associated with one cairn suggests ceremonial or territorial significance within the broader landscape of Dartmoor. Together, these dispersed features constitute part of an extensive prehistoric necropolis that testifies to sustained settlement and funerary practice in the region during the second millennium before the Common Era.
A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018508. View the official record →
The cairn and cist located 380 metres west of Bellever Tor, and the cairn and standing stone situated 370 metres south-west of the tor, form outlying elements of a Bronze Age cairn cemetery in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018508.
A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018508.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn with a cist, the western one of two between Langcombe Brook and Deadman's Bottom (10.2 km), Cairn with a cist south of Langcombe Brook (10.2 km), Cairn with a cist, the eastern one of two between Langcombe Brook and Deadman's Bottom (10.2 km).
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