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Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from stone rather than earth, which served as a funerary structure typical of the Bronze Age period in south-western Britain. Such cairns were commonly used to mark and contain burials, often accompanied by grave goods that reflected the social status of the deceased. The monument's survival to the present day provides archaeological evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Dartmoor region.
Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012252. View the official record →
Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012252.
Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage 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 1012252.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Ridding Down (5.5 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (5.9 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage'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 east of Ringmoor Cottage stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.