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Smallacombe Tor is a prehistoric monument consisting of a cairn and associated stone setting located in Cornwall, England. The cairn itself represents Bronze Age funerary or ritual practice, a common monument type across the Cornish landscape dating from the second millennium before the common era. The stone setting comprises worked or deliberately arranged stones that may relate to ceremonial or territorial functions characteristic of Bronze Age communities. Such monuments, when found in combination with cairns, provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual behaviour in the moorland regions of southwest England.
Prehistoric tor cairn and stone setting at Smallacombe Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018682. View the official record →
Smallacombe Tor is a prehistoric monument consisting of a cairn and associated stone setting located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018682.
Prehistoric tor cairn and stone setting at Smallacombe Tor 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 1018682.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Doniert Stone, accompanying cross shaft and underground chamber 650m SW of Common Moor (6.1 km), Medieval wayside cross at Redgate (6.4 km), Part of a medieval boundary dyke 220m east of Golitha House (6.6 km).
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