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Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument comprises a cairn, a funerary structure built from accumulated stone rather than earth, typical of Bronze Age burial practices in the South West of England. Its positioning in the Devonshire landscape reflects the siting preferences of Bronze Age communities, who often placed such monuments in prominent or ritually significant locations. The cairn represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric mortuary practice and Bronze Age settlement patterns in the region.
Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012245. View the official record →
Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012245.
Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage 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 1012245.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (5.9 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (6.4 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage'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 south-east of Ringmoor Cottage stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.