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Quintin's Man round cairn

England
List entry 1017991
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017991
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 62105 83861
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Quintin's Man is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn located in Devon, England. The monument consists of a circular mound of stones that served as a burial structure, typical of funerary practices in prehistoric Britain. Such cairns were constructed over extended periods and represent important ritual and commemorative sites within their local landscapes. The site remains a significant archaeological record of Devon's prehistoric settlement and mortuary customs.

Quintin's Man round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017991. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Quintin's Man round cairn?

Quintin's Man is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017991.

Who is responsible for protecting Quintin's Man round cairn?

Quintin's Man round cairn 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 1017991.

What other scheduled monuments are near Quintin's Man round cairn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement SE of Two Bridges, Blackbrook River (9.6 km), Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system (10.2 km), Round barrow on North Hessary Tor (10.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement SE of Two Bridges, Blackbrook River
9.6 km
Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system
10.2 km
Round barrow on North Hessary Tor
10.5 km
Huccaby Ring
10.7 km
Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor
10.9 km
Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm
11 km
A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 980m ESE of Merrivale Bridge
11 km
A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 870m ESE of Merrivale Bridge
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Quintin's Man round cairn

Quintin's Man round cairn stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Quintin's Man round cairn

ExeterRoman town · ~19.3 miles
Domesday entry for Shapley, Devon →
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