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Round cairn 750m south east of Joaney How Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones and earth, typical of prehistoric burial practices in the south-west of Britain during the third and second millennia BC. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial sites and often contained cist burials or cremated remains. The cairn's survival to the present day, despite its rural location and the passage of millennia, attests to the enduring nature of stone construction in prehistoric monumental architecture.
Round cairn 750m south east of Joaney How Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020928. View the official record →
Round cairn 750m south east of Joaney How Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020928.
Round cairn 750m south east of Joaney How Cairn 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 1020928.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.3 km), Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm (6.4 km), Road Castle (7 km).
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