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A round cairn on Watchet Hill

England
List entry 1017872
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017872
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SX 61472 93042
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A round cairn on Watchet Hill is an ancient burial monument located in Devon, England, dating to the Bronze Age. The site consists of a mound constructed from stones and earth, characteristic of barrow construction methods employed during the second and third millennia before the Common Era. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial places and represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in the region. The cairn's survival to the present day provides archaeological insight into Bronze Age mortuary customs and landscape use in Devon.

A round cairn on Watchet Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017872. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is A round cairn on Watchet Hill?

A round cairn on Watchet Hill is an ancient burial monument located in Devon, England, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017872.

Who is responsible for protecting A round cairn on Watchet Hill?

A round cairn on Watchet Hill 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 1017872.

What other scheduled monuments are near A round cairn on Watchet Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake (10.2 km), A stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed settlement, and tinners' building at Watern Oke (10.6 km), Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke (10.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake
10.2 km
A stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed settlement, and tinners' building at Watern Oke
10.6 km
Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
10.7 km
Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
10.8 km
Sixty stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke
10.8 km
A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
10.8 km
A stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
10.8 km
Eight stone hut circles and a shieling forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under A round cairn on Watchet Hill

A round cairn on Watchet Hill stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around A round cairn on Watchet Hill

ExeterRoman town · ~18.9 miles
Domesday entry for Belstone, Devon →
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