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Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill is a Neolithic burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn dates to the early Neolithic period and represents a form of communal burial structure characteristic of prehistoric Devon. The monument survives as an elongated mound of stone, consistent with the architectural tradition of long cairns found across southern England during this era. Such monuments typically contained burial chambers and served as focal points for ceremonial and funerary practices within early farming communities.
Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012247. View the official record →
Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill is a Neolithic burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012247.
Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill 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 1012247.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (1.1 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (1.1 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Long cairn east of Butterdon Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.