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One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The cairn forms part of a scatter of burial mounds characteristic of the second millennium BCE, representing a significant concentration of prehistoric funerary activity on the upland landscape. The monument survives as an earthen mound of stone rubble, typical of cairn construction in this period and region. Such grouped cairns on Dartmoor and its margins reflect the ritual and territorial practices of Bronze Age communities and remain important archaeological evidence for settlement patterns and land use during the Bronze Age.
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012085. View the official record →
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012085.
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down 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 1012085.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (5.8 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (6.4 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (6.4 km).
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