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A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of multiple burial cairns distributed across the ridge, representing a significant concentration of Bronze Age mortuary activity in the region. Such cairn cemeteries are characteristic of later prehistoric burial practices in southwestern England, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. The monument reflects the funerary traditions and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in Devon, providing archaeological evidence for the organization and ritual practices of these early metal-using populations.
A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017868. View the official record →
A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017868.
A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge 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 1017868.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn (8.5 km), A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns containing cists and a post-medieval building 440m NNW of Powder Mills (8.6 km), Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill (8.7 km).
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