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One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of Devon in south-west England. The cairn forms part of a small cemetery group typical of Bronze Age burial practices in the region, constructed from stone heaped over an inhumed or cremated burial. The exact dating and individual characteristics of this particular cairn remain consistent with other similar monuments on Dartmoor and the surrounding Devon uplands, reflecting the widespread use of such burial sites during the Bronze Age period. Such cairn groups represent important evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary rites on the high moorland environments of the south-west.
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012086. View the official record →
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of Devon in south-west England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012086.
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 1012086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (5.6 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (5.9 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.