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Nine Stones is a Neolithic ring cairn located on Belstone Common in Devon, England. The monument consists of a circular arrangement of standing stones surrounding a central burial chamber or cairn, typical of ring cairn construction from the Neolithic period. The site represents an important example of ceremonial and funerary architecture from prehistoric Dartmoor, reflecting the ritual practices and social organization of early farming communities in the South West of England. Like many comparable monuments on the Devonshire moors, Nine Stones survives as a significant archaeological resource documenting the landscape use and burial traditions of the fourth or third millennium before the present.
Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017871. View the official record →
Nine Stones is a Neolithic ring cairn located on Belstone Common in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017871.
Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common 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 1017871.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke (10.5 km), Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks (10.5 km), A stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke (10.5 km).
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