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Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley, Devon. The site comprises four distinct cairns situated within a landscape that contains multiple such funerary structures, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in the region. Cairn cemeteries of this type typically date from the second millennium BC and represent concentrated areas of prehistoric burial activity. The monument remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Devon landscape.
Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill, forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019270. View the official record →
Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley, Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019270.
Four cairns 560m east of Hapstead Ford and 1660m east of Ryder's Hill, forming part of a cairn cemetery in the Mardle Valley 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 1019270.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Spurrell's Cross (9.5 km), Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn. (9.6 km), Cairn south of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor (9.6 km).
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