Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall

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History & significance

This monument is a Bronze Age cairn and cist situated on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir in Devon. The cairn represents a funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such monuments were erected as burial places, often containing stone-built cists for the inhumation of the deceased. The survival of both the cairn mound and its associated stone burial cist makes this an important example of Bronze Age burial practice in the south-western peninsula. Such monuments are valuable archaeological records of prehistoric ritual and social practices in Devon.

Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020058. View the official record →

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