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Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Exmoor in Devon. The site consists of a platform cairn, a funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period, constructed from stone to create an elevated platform surface. Such monuments are typical of ritual and burial practices on upland areas of south-west England during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era. The cairn remains visible as an archaeological feature within the broader landscape of Bronze Age activity documented across Exmoor.
Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019997. View the official record →
Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Exmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019997.
Platform cairn 370m south east of Challacombe Cross 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 1019997.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor (8.5 km), Cairn on Corndon Tor (8.6 km), Lizwell Bridge (8.8 km).
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