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One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The cairns represent a significant concentration of burial practice from the second millennium BCE, demonstrating the importance of this upland location for ritual and commemorative purposes during the Bronze Age. The individual cairn comprises a mound of stones, consistent with the construction methods employed for elite and community burial sites of the period. As part of the larger cairn group, this monument provides evidence of sustained use of the landscape for funerary rites across the Bronze Age and contributes to understanding patterns of prehistoric settlement and social organisation on Dartmoor's margins.
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012772. View the official record →
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012772.
One of a group of four cairns on 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 1012772.
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 (1.6 km).
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