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Riders Rings is a Bronze Age ringwork monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a circular or roughly circular earthwork formed by a bank and ditch, characteristic of Bronze Age ceremonial or defensive enclosures of the second millennium BCE. The monument's precise function remains subject to archaeological interpretation, though such ringworks have been variously interpreted as ritual spaces, settlement enclosures, or territorial markers. The site has been recorded and designated within the National Heritage List for England as a monument of archaeological significance from 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 ringwork monument located in Devon, England. 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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