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Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor is a scheduled monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn sits upon bedrock of felsic igneous rock formed during the Permian period, part of an unnamed intrusion dating to the Carboniferous to Permian era. This geological foundation of hard, acidic rock is typical of Dartmoor's moorland landscape and would have influenced how the monument's builders worked the stone.
The cairn survives as a concentrated deposit of rubble covering approximately 0.12 hectares. Round cairns of this type are commonly Bronze Age in origin, constructed as burial monuments or ritual structures. On Dartmoor, such cairns frequently occur in clusters across the open moorland, where preservation conditions in the acid soil have allowed substantial survival of archaeological deposits.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Historic England under reference number 1011457, reflecting its archaeological significance and potential to yield information about Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns on the moor. Its proximity to Conies Down Tor situates it within a landscape rich in prehistoric monuments, typical of Dartmoor's archaeological character.
Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011457. View the official record →
Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor is a scheduled monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011457.
Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down 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 1011457.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross (9.6 km), An enclosed stone hut circle settlement 940m WSW of Nun's Cross (9.7 km), Pound and hut circles N of Down Tor (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor'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 220m north of Conies Down Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.