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Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located on Exmoor in Somerset. The site comprises a group of round cairns, earthen and stone mounds constructed as burial monuments during the Bronze Age period, typically dating from around the second millennium before the present. Such cairn cemeteries represent important evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices on Exmoor's upland landscape. The monument has been designated for protection as a nationally significant archaeological site reflecting the funerary traditions and landscape use of Bronze Age communities in the South West.
Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020930. View the official record →
Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located on Exmoor in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020930.
Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill 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 1020930.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure and associated outworks on Staddon Hill (5.8 km), Road Castle (6.9 km), Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.9 km).
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