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Cairn on northern Harford Moor is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Harford Moor in Devon. The monument survives as a cairn, a characteristic form of funerary monument constructed from stone rather than earth, typical of upland Bronze Age burial practices in south-west England. Such cairns frequently contained cremated or inhumed remains and sometimes secondary burials accumulated over time. The site remains archaeologically significant as evidence of prehistoric settlement and mortuary practice on Dartmoor's marginal moorland.
Cairn on northern Harford Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012741. View the official record →
Cairn on northern Harford Moor is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Harford Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012741.
Cairn on northern Harford Moor 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 1012741.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.9 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on northern Harford Moor'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 northern Harford Moor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.