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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 →
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.
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.
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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