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One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on high moorland in Devon, England. The cairn forms part of a small cairn group that reflects prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns on Dartmoor's uplands during the second millennium before Christ. The monument survives as a mound of stones marking the interment of Bronze Age individuals, representing a significant archaeological resource for understanding death ritual and territorial organisation in the southwest of England during the Bronze Age period. Such cairn groups are characteristic features of Dartmoor's archaeological landscape and contribute to the broader understanding of Bronze Age communities and their use of the moorland environment.
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013394. View the official record →
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on high moorland in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013394.
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 1013394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (1 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (1 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (1.4 km).
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