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Round cairn 240m north of Ger Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn survives as a circular mound of stones and earth, a characteristic form of funerary monument from the Bronze Age period. Such cairns typically covered cremated or inhumed burials and frequently contained a central stone cist or burial chamber. The site's location within the upland landscape of Dartmoor, an area rich in prehistoric remains, reflects the importance of this region as a focus for Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity.
Round cairn 240m north of Ger Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011242. View the official record →
Round cairn 240m north of Ger 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 1011242.
Round cairn 240m north of Ger 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 1011242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn and cist on Barn Hill, 840m north east of Moortown Farm (8.8 km), Cairn and cist 150m north of Vixen Tor (8.9 km), Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch Common (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 240m north of Ger 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 240m north of Ger Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.