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Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor

England
List entry 1021052
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021052
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SX 58712 67167
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site consists of a substantial stone cairn constructed during the second millennium before the Common Era, when such funerary structures were widely built across the moorland landscape. The monument survives as a circular mound of stone, typical of Bronze Age burial practice in the southwest of England. Such cairns frequently contained cremated remains and grave goods, serving as permanent markers for the dead within the upland communities that inhabited Dartmoor during this period.

Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021052. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor?

Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter 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 1021052.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor?

Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter 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 1021052.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (7.4 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (7.5 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (7.8 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm
7.4 km
Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down
7.5 km
Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner
7.8 km
Stone alignment and retaining kerb on Burford Down
8.5 km
Cairn to the west of Tristis Rock, Burford Down
8.6 km
Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains
8.7 km
Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles
9 km
Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor

Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks, 960m ENE of Gutter Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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