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Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton

England
List entry 1021330
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021330
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 63679 79456
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton, is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. The site comprises a cairn, a mound of stones constructed as a funerary structure, with an associated stone cist or burial chamber. Such monuments are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in south-west England and represent an important category of prehistoric ceremonial and burial archaeology. The site is recorded and protected as a heritage monument of national significance under English Heritage listing.

Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021330. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton?

Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton, is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021330.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton?

Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton 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 1021330.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Siward's or Nun's Cross (10 km), Two stone hut circles 810m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement (10.2 km), Ringleshutes tinwork (10.2 km).

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Overview
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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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Siward's or Nun's Cross
10 km
Two stone hut circles 810m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
10.2 km
Ringleshutes tinwork
10.2 km
Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
10.2 km
Two stone hut circles 850m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross, forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
10.3 km
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross
10.4 km
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement 940m WSW of Nun's Cross
10.5 km
Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton

Cairn and cist on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton 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 on Chittaford Down, 300m north of Archerton

ExeterRoman town · ~19.3 miles
Domesday entry for Shapley, Devon →
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