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Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The structure comprises a circular or sub-circular arrangement of stones forming a ring, a characteristic monument type of the Bronze Age period, typically dating to between 2000 and 800 BC. Ring cairns of this kind served as cremation cemeteries or burial markers, reflecting the ritual practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities on the moorland. The monument's location on Dartmoor, an area rich in prehistoric archaeology, places it within a significant landscape of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity.
Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007644. View the official record →
Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007644.
Ring cairn 660m north west of Little Links 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 1007644.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle 500m north of Wedlake Farm (9.5 km), Seven stone hut circles, a length of field boundary and a clearance cairn forming part of the settlement on Langstone Moor (9.7 km), Prehistoric irregular aggregate field system, stone hut circles and a medieval field on the south-west slope of White Tor (9.7 km).
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