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Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. The site comprises a cairnfield, a concentration of burial cairns characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice on upland terrain in south-western England. The individual cairns within the field represent discrete burial episodes spanning the Bronze Age period, constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding landscape. Such cairnfields are significant archaeological resources for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns, funerary traditions, and land use in Devon's moorland regions.
Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010776. View the official record →
Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010776.
Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill 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 1010776.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor (7.4 km), An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, three round cairns and a length of reave 650m WSW of Ger Tor (7.8 km), Deserted medieval settlement 750m south of White Hill summit (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill'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 forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.