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Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery in Devon, England. The cairn belongs to a significant group of barrows concentrated in this area, reflecting the importance of the location for prehistoric burial practices during the Bronze Age period. As a round cairn, the monument would have consisted of a mound of stones piled over a central burial or cremation deposit, typical of funerary practices in south-west England during the second millennium before Christ. The monument's designation as a nationally important heritage asset reflects its archaeological value as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary customs and settlement patterns in Devon.
Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011444. View the official record →
Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011444.
Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery 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 1011444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn and cist on Barn Hill, 840m north east of Moortown Farm (9.1 km), Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch Common (9.3 km), Cairn and cist 150m north of Vixen Tor (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 380m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery'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 380m south-west of White Hill summit, forming part of the White Hill round cairn cemetery stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.