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Cairn on Weatherdon Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The cairn consists of a mound of stones constructed as a funerary structure, typical of prehistoric burial practices in southwestern Britain during the third and second millennia before the common era. Such monuments served as communal or individual sepulchres and represent important evidence of early settlement patterns and ritual practices across Devonian upland regions. The site remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric monumental construction and funerary tradition in the Southwest.
Cairn on Weatherdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013309. View the official record →
Cairn on Weatherdon Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013309.
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 1013309.
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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