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Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn survives as a round mound constructed from stone, typical of Bronze Age funerary practices across the moorland landscape of south-west England. Such cairns served as burial sites during the second millennium BC and often contain cremated remains or inhumations accompanied by grave goods. The monument's survival and designation as a listed structure reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice on Dartmoor.
Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016637. View the official record →
Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White 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 1016637.
Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White 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 1016637.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The north-western of two cairns on Eylesbarrow (9.9 km), The south-eastern of two cairns on Eylesbarrow (10 km), Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 400m south east of Higher White 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 400m south east of Higher White Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.