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Grim's Grave cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Langcombe, Devon. The monument consists of a cairn with a cist, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period in which cremated or inhumed remains were deposited within a stone-lined burial chamber. Such monuments are common across the moorlands of south-western England and represent the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities. The site is of archaeological significance as an example of the cairn cemetery traditions that developed across the Devon uplands during the second millennium BCE.
Grim's Grave cairn with a cist, Langcombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018591. View the official record →
Grim's Grave cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Langcombe, Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018591.
Grim's Grave cairn with a cist, Langcombe 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 1018591.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (9 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (9 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (9.3 km).
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