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Cairn with a cist south-west of Drizzlecombe Stone Alignments is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a stone cairn within which a cist burial chamber was constructed, representing a funerary practice typical of the Bronze Age period. The monument lies in close proximity to the Drizzlecombe Stone Alignments, forming part of a broader Bronze Age ceremonial and burial landscape on the moor. The cairn's construction from stone and its associated cist demonstrate the funerary traditions of communities living in south-western England during the second millennium before Christ.
Cairn with a cist south-west of Drizzlecombe Stone Alignments is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010656. View the official record →
Cairn with a cist south-west of Drizzlecombe Stone Alignments is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010656.
Cairn with a cist south-west 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 1010656.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (7.1 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (7.2 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (7.4 km).
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