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Cairn and cist 370m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a cairn, a mound of stones constructed as a funerary monument, which contains a cist, a stone-built burial chamber typical of Bronze Age mortuary practice. Such monuments are characteristic of the second millennium before Christ, representing the funerary traditions of the Bronze Age communities who inhabited the moorland landscape. The monument survives as a physical testimony to prehistoric burial customs and the long-term use of Dartmoor as a place of the dead.
Cairn and cist 370m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014473. View the official record →
Cairn and cist 370m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014473.
Cairn and cist 370m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House 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 1014473.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (4.9 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (4.9 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.2 km).
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