Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House

Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House

England
List entry 1020243
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England
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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House is a Bronze Age monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a cairn and an associated section of reave, a characteristic field boundary of the second millennium BCE that forms part of the extensive prehistoric field system visible across the moorland. The reave represents the organised land division practices of Bronze Age communities, whilst the cairn may have served ritual, burial, or territorial marking functions. This monument exemplifies the substantial landscape engineering undertaken during the Bronze Age, when such systematic field arrangements and associated structures transformed the appearance and use of the Dartmoor uplands.

Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020243. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House?

Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House is a Bronze Age monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020243.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House?

Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House 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 1020243.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks (9.9 km), Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers (10 km), Stone alignment, hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead at Assycombe (10.5 km).

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