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Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor

England
List entry 1021327
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021327
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SX 62754 78798
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a cairn, a mound of stones constructed as a burial marker, with an associated cist, a stone-built burial chamber characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practices. The monument represents the burial customs of the Bronze Age communities that inhabited Dartmoor during the second millennium BC. Such cairns and cists are significant archaeological features that provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns, social organisation, and ritual practices on the upland moorland of south-west England.

Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021327. View the official record →

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What is Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor?

Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021327.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor?

Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor 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 1021327.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone alignment and cairn 830m east of Down Tor (10.3 km), Round cairn and later tin prospecting pits 615m ESE of Down Tor (10.3 km), A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor (10.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone alignment and cairn 830m east of Down Tor
10.3 km
Round cairn and later tin prospecting pits 615m ESE of Down Tor
10.3 km
A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor
10.4 km
Tor cairn 60m south east of Down Tor
10.5 km
Round cairn 100m south of Down Tor
10.6 km
Two stone hut circles 160m south of Down Tor
10.7 km
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor
10.7 km
Stone hut circle 240m south of Down Tor
10.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor

Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor

ExeterRoman town · ~20 miles
Domesday entry for Shapley, Devon →
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