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Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn comprises a roughly circular mound of stones constructed to mark and cover an inhumation burial, characteristic of the funerary practices of the Bronze Age peoples who inhabited the moorland landscape. Such monuments are a distinctive feature of Dartmoor's archaeological heritage, with numerous examples surviving from the second millennium before the present era. The site is recorded within the Scheduled Monument and National Heritage List for England designation system, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of early metal-working period settlement and ritual practices on the Devon moors.
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 Bronze Age burial monument situated 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).
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