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Round cairn 740m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones constructed as a grave marker and repository for cremated human remains, typical of funerary practices during the second millennium BC. It survives as a substantial earthwork on the moorland landscape, where it forms part of the extensive Bronze Age cairn field characteristic of Dartmoor's upland archaeology. The site is a key example of the ritual and mortuary practices of Dartmoor's prehistoric populations.
Round cairn 740m south east of Great Trowlesworthy Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015756. View the official record →
Round cairn 740m south east of Great Trowlesworthy 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 1015756.
Round cairn 740m south east of Great Trowlesworthy 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 1015756.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (4.1 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (4.4 km), Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains (5.8 km).
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