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Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The cairn survives as an earthen mound that represents a form of funerary architecture typical of the second millennium before the present era, when such structures served as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. As a scheduled ancient monument, it contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the southwest of England and remains of significance for understanding settlement patterns and ritual behaviour during prehistory.
Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008652. View the official record →
Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008652.
Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate 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 1008652.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common (7.5 km), Two round barrows on Ridding Down (8.3 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.