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Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn takes the form of a roughly circular mound constructed from stones, typical of the funerary practices employed during the Bronze Age in the south-west of England. Such monuments were built to mark the graves of individuals or small family groups and often contained cremated remains deposited in urns or cists. The site is situated within the upland landscape of Dartmoor, an area notably rich in prehistoric archaeological remains from the Bronze Age period.
Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007824. View the official record →
Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007824.
Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors 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 1007824.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two stone hut circles 1000m north of Standon Down (6.9 km), Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields north of Standon Down (7 km), Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors'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 470m south east of Sourton Tors stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.