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Cairn on Weatherdon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument consists of a stone cairn, a characteristic funerary structure typical of the Bronze Age period in southwest England, dating to approximately 2000–700 BCE. Such cairns served as focal points for communal or elite burial practices and often contained cist graves or cremation deposits. The site's survival on Weatherdon Hill represents an important archaeological record of Devon's prehistoric settlement and burial customs.
Cairn on Weatherdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013209. View the official record →
Cairn on Weatherdon Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013209.
Cairn on Weatherdon 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 1013209.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1 km), Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon (1.2 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (1.3 km).
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