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Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford

England
List entry 1018906
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018906
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.8 hectares
Grid reference
SX 64491 90371
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site comprises a cairn cemetery with associated earthwork banks, representing a burial landscape typical of the second millennium BC. The cairn cemetery would have served as a ritual focal point for a local community, with multiple interments marking its use across an extended period. The monument remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns within the Devon landscape.

Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018906. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford?

Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018906.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford?

Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford 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 1018906.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor (8.9 km), Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge (9.4 km), Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn (9.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tinners' building in Great Stannon Newtake, 810m north west of Stannon Tor
8.9 km
Two round cairns 800m north west of Statts Bridge
9.4 km
Two cairns on the summit of Water Hill 450m north west of Warren House Inn
9.4 km
Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlement, two cairns and a stone alignment in Little Stannon Newtake, 900m south east of Stannon Tor
9.5 km
Prehistoric enclosed settlement 740m north west of Hartland Tor
9.8 km
Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren
10.4 km
Enclosed prehistoric settlement 150m south east of Hookney Tor
10.7 km
Three Headland Warren boundary stones, 350m, 330m and 400m south east of Headland Warren Farm
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford

Cairn cemetery and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford 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 and earthwork bank 340m south west of Blackaton Brook Ford

ExeterRoman town · ~17.1 miles
Domesday entry for Throwleigh, Devon →
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