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Round cairn 540m north of White Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument located in Devon, England. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents a common form of funerary architecture characteristic of the second millennium BC. As a round cairn, the monument would originally have consisted of a mound of stones constructed over one or more burial deposits, serving as a durable marker of the dead within the local Bronze Age landscape. Such monuments are typically situated on upland or open ground, and their presence indicates the importance of this area for ritual and burial practices during the Bronze Age period.
Round cairn 540m north of White Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020874. View the official record →
Round cairn 540m north of White Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020874.
Round cairn 540m north of White Barrow 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 1020874.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including An enclosure, attached stone hut circle and length of reave 180m north-north-east of Leather Tor (9.7 km), Keaglesborough Mine and Riddipit farmstead 850m north east of Norsworthy Bridge (9.7 km), Medieval settlement on Peek Hill, 240m and 280m north east of Lowery Tor (9.9 km).
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