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Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on high ground in Devon. The site consists of a circular or ring-shaped arrangement of stones characteristic of cairn construction from the second millennium BC. Such ring cairns typically served as burial monuments and would have contained cremated remains or inhumations associated with Bronze Age ritual practices. The monument's elevated position on the summit reflects the placement preferences of Bronze Age communities, which frequently selected prominent hilltop locations for their ceremonial and mortuary structures.
Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007654. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on high ground in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007654.
Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit 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 1007654.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle 500m north of Wedlake Farm (9.5 km), Prehistoric irregular aggregate field system, stone hut circles and a medieval field on the south-west slope of White Tor (9.6 km), Enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the south slope of White Tor (9.7 km).
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