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Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from gathered stones, which contains a cist, a stone-built burial chamber typical of Bronze Age funerary practice. The monument represents the burial customs of prehistoric communities in the region and contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity on Dartmoor and its margins. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under designation reference 1012790.
Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012790. View the official record →
Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012790.
Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps 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 1012790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park (9.9 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (10 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn with a cist south-east of Plym Steps'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 with a cist south-east of Plym Steps stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.