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Cairn with a cist north of Whittenknowles Rocks is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound of stones, constructed over or containing a stone-built burial chamber known as a cist. Such monuments are characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in south-western England, typically dating to the second millennium BC. The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary customs and settlement patterns in the Devon landscape.
Cairn with a cist north of Whittenknowles Rocks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010657. View the official record →
Cairn with a cist north of Whittenknowles Rocks is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010657.
Cairn with a cist north of Whittenknowles Rocks 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 1010657.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (8.1 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (8.2 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (8.4 km).
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