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Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit

England
List entry 1007429
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007429
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54014 78316
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn consists of a heap of stones marking a prehistoric grave or graves, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium before Christ. Its position on the upland moorland reflects the Bronze Age use of such terrain for settlement and ritual burial. The monument survives as a substantial stone mound and remains an important archaeological record of Dartmoor's Bronze Age population and their funerary practices.

Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007429. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit?

Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007429.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit?

Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit 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 1007429.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Remains of Longstone Manor House, Wind Strew and associated features (10 km), Tin mill, tinwork and post-medieval farmstead at Outcombe, 260m east of eastern boundary of Roughtor Plantation (10.5 km), Stone hut circle settlement 250m east of Cuckoo Rock (10.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Remains of Longstone Manor House, Wind Strew and associated features
10 km
Tin mill, tinwork and post-medieval farmstead at Outcombe, 260m east of eastern boundary of Roughtor Plantation
10.5 km
Stone hut circle settlement 250m east of Cuckoo Rock
10.6 km
Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation
10.8 km
Cairnfield and enclosure 725m east of Cuckoo Rock
10.8 km
Two stone hut circles and a length of associated walling 620m south east of Cuckoo Rock, forming an outlying part of a prehistoric settlement
11 km
Two enclosures and a length of the Eylesbarrow watershed reave 800m WSW of Eylesbarrow
11.1 km
Part of Eylesbarrow watershed reave
11.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit

Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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