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The cairn at Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a group of four tumuli situated on elevated moorland in Devon. These burial cairns represent the ritual and territorial practices of Bronze Age communities in the southwest peninsula, typically dating to the second millennium before the present. The monument consists of a stone-built mound constructed over an inhumed or cremated burial deposit, characteristic of the funerary architecture of this period. The grouping of multiple cairns on a single location reflects the use of prominent hilltop sites as focal points for successive generations of burial and ceremonial activity.
One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017394. View the official record →
The cairn at Butterdon Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a group of four tumuli situated on elevated moorland in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017394.
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 1017394.
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 (1.5 km).
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