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Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke

England
List entry 1019269
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019269
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.24 hectares
Grid reference
SX 67993 69631, SX 67767 69497, SX 67881 69580
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke is a prehistoric burial monument located in Devon. The site comprises multiple cairns representing a cemetery for Bronze Age interments, reflecting the funerary practices and settlement patterns of second-millennium Britain. Such cairn cemeteries are characteristic of upland and moorland regions of south-western England, where communities established clusters of burial monuments across the landscape. The monument's survival as an archaeological monument has secured its protection through national heritage listing.

Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019269. View the official record →

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What is Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke?

Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke is a prehistoric burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019269.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke?

Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke 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 1019269.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure with hut circles north of Scad Brook (9.8 km), Spurrell's Cross (9.9 km), Cairn south-east of Lower Piles (10 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Enclosure with hut circles north of Scad Brook
9.8 km
Spurrell's Cross
9.9 km
Cairn south-east of Lower Piles
10 km
Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn.
10 km
Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles
10 km
Cairn south of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
10 km
Cairn south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor
10.1 km
Butterdon Hill stone alignment and cairn
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke

Cairn cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke 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 cemetery 900m north east of Hapstead Ford and 2km WSW of Fore Stoke

ExeterRoman town · ~20.6 miles
Domesday entry for Stoke, Devon →
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