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Cairn on Sharp Tor is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Sharp Tor in Devon, England. The monument consists of a stone cairn that represents a significant example of prehistoric funerary practice on Dartmoor, dating to the second millennium before the Common Era. The site retains its essential physical character as a mounded accumulation of stones, which would originally have served as a covering for one or more burials, potentially accompanied by grave goods typical of the Bronze Age period. Such cairns form an important part of the archaeological landscape of Dartmoor and contribute to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in the South West of England.
Cairn on Sharp Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013091. View the official record →
Cairn on Sharp Tor is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Sharp Tor in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013091.
Cairn on Sharp 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 1013091.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.7 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.7 km), Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Sharp 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 Sharp Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.