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Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn is a group of Bronze Age burial monuments situated on the Exmoor plateau in Somerset. The cairns form part of a dispersed Bronze Age cemetery landscape characteristic of upland areas in south-west England, where such monuments were constructed as durable markers over cremated and inhumed remains. The site's location at high elevation reflects the Bronze Age use of moorland and open country for funerary purposes, distinct from the settlement patterns of lower-lying regions. As designated heritage assets, these cairns remain significant archaeological evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and the organisation of Bronze Age communities in the West Country.
Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020931. View the official record →
Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn is a group of Bronze Age burial monuments situated on the Exmoor plateau in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020931.
Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn 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 1020931.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.6 km), Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm (6.7 km), Road Castle (7.2 km).
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Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How Cairn stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.