Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRing cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross

Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross

England
List entry 1010783
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010783
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 53010 85592
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a ring cairn, a circular arrangement of stones typical of Bronze Age burial practice, accompanied by the earthwork remains of a rectangular building structure of the same period. These monuments reflect the settlement and burial practices of upland communities during the Bronze Age, when Dartmoor was more extensively inhabited than in later periods. The combination of funerary and domestic structures at this location provides evidence of the relationship between living spaces and burial sites in Bronze Age moorland use.

Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010783. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross?

Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010783.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross?

Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross 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 1010783.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 140m east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor (9.4 km), Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlement 410m west of Cox Tor (9.5 km), Stone hut circle 130m south east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor (9.5 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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross

Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Ring cairn and rectangular building earthwork 940m west of Widgery Cross

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