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Cairn on Corndon Tor is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument consists of a cairn of stacked stone, characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period when such structures served as communal or individual sepulchres across the southwest of England. Its placement on Corndon Tor reflects the Bronze Age preference for elevated positions in the landscape, a pattern observed across Dartmoor and surrounding regions. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary customs and settlement patterns in Devon.
Cairn on Corndon Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003289. View the official record →
Cairn on Corndon Tor is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003289.
Cairn on Corndon Tor 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 1003289.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon (8.5 km), Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead (8.9 km), Eastern White Barrow (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Corndon Tor'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 on Corndon Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.