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Cairn with a cist north of Drizzlecombe stone alignments is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site consists of a burial cairn containing a stone-built cist, positioned in close association with the nearby Drizzlecombe stone alignments. Dating to the Bronze Age, the cairn represents a characteristic burial tradition of the second millennium BCE, when communities on Dartmoor constructed stone-chambered graves beneath earthen or stone mounds. The monument forms part of the significant archaeological landscape around Drizzlecombe, an area rich in Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary features.
Cairn with a cist north of Drizzlecombe stone alignments is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010654. View the official record →
Cairn with a cist north of Drizzlecombe stone alignments is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010654.
Cairn with a cist north of Drizzlecombe stone alignments 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 1010654.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (7.6 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (7.7 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (7.9 km).
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