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Round cairn 560m south east of Little Staple Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument consists of a circular mound of stone and earth typical of the prehistoric funerary cairns found throughout the moorland landscape. Such cairns were constructed during the Bronze Age, serving as burial places for individuals of significance within their communities. The site forms part of the dense concentration of barrow monuments on Dartmoor, which collectively represent one of the most important Bronze Age landscapes in south west England.
Round cairn 560m south east of Little Staple Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020001. View the official record →
Round cairn 560m south east of Little Staple 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 1020001.
Round cairn 560m south east of Little Staple 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 1020001.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement on Wigford Down (9.8 km), Hut circles W of Wigford Down China Clay Works (9.9 km), Four round barrows on Wigford Down (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 560m south east of Little Staple 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 560m south east of Little Staple Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.