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Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge

England
List entry 1016254
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016254
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SX 74097 78770
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn consists of a roughly circular arrangement of stones surrounding a central burial deposit, a form characteristic of ring cairns constructed during the Bronze Age. The monument survives as a low stone structure and represents the funerary practices of the prehistoric communities that inhabited Dartmoor during this period. Its location on the moorland landscape reflects the pattern of Bronze Age settlement and burial activity across Dartmoor's upland terrain.

Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016254. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge?

Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016254.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge?

Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge 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 1016254.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pound at Newbridge (7.9 km), Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (8.9 km), Ring cairn on Holne Moor 430m south west of Seale's Stoke (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
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pound at Newbridge
7.9 km
Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
8.9 km
Ring cairn on Holne Moor 430m south west of Seale's Stoke
9.5 km
Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
9.9 km
Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam
10.1 km
Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
10.1 km
Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam
10.2 km
Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge

Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Ring cairn south west of Hound Tor, 215m east of East Lodge

ExeterRoman town · ~14 miles
Domesday entry for Houndtor, Devon →
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