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Riders Rings is a Bronze Age round barrow located near Dartmoor in Devon. The monument consists of a circular earthwork with a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, characteristic of funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium BCE. The site preserves evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and ritual landscape use typical of prehistoric Dartmoor. Like many barrows on Dartmoor, Riders Rings forms part of a wider concentration of Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monuments that demonstrates the region's significance as a centre of activity during the Bronze Age period.
Riders Rings (The Rings) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002502. View the official record →
Riders Rings is a Bronze Age round barrow located near Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002502.
Riders Rings (The Rings) 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 1002502.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (6.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (6.6 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (6.6 km).
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