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Cairn on Hameldown Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Hameldown Tor in Devon. The cairn comprises a mound of stones typical of Bronze Age funerary practice on Dartmoor, constructed to mark and contain burials of the period. The site's elevated location on the tor would have been significant to prehistoric communities, offering both practical visibility and ritual prominence. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the upland landscape of Dartmoor.
Cairn on Hameldown Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003194. View the official record →
Cairn on Hameldown Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Hameldown Tor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003194.
Cairn on Hameldown 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 1003194.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pound at Newbridge (9.3 km), Ring cairn on Holne Moor 430m south west of Seale's Stoke (10 km), Eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge and a stone alignment immediately west of Horn's Cross (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Hameldown 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 Hameldown Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.