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Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660 metres north west of Metherall is a Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of a stone cairn containing a cist burial. The monument is situated in Devon and forms part of the Bronze Age burial landscape characteristic of Dartmoor and its surrounding uplands. Such cairns with stone-built internal chambers represent a significant form of sepulchral provision during the Bronze Age period, reflecting both the constructional capabilities and burial practices of contemporary communities. The site's survival and formal protection under the National Heritage List for England acknowledges its value as evidence for prehistoric funerary traditions and settlement patterns in the south-western peninsula.
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 →
Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660 metres north west of Metherall is a Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of a stone cairn containing a cist burial. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020058.
Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall 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 1020058.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm (8.5 km), Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm (8.6 km), Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn and cist on the northern side of Fernworthy Reservoir, 660m north west of Metherall stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.