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The Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010 metres north of Cosdon Beacon in Devon, is a Bronze Age burial monument constructed as a mound of stones heaped over a grave or cremation deposit. Located at elevation on Dartmoor's northern slopes, it represents the funerary practice of prehistoric communities in south-western England during the second millennium BC. The monument survives as a circular earthwork with a cairn structure, typical of Bronze Age barrow construction in the region. Such cairns serve as archaeological evidence of settlement patterns, ritual practices, and social organisation among the populations of Devon during the Bronze Age period.
Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020244. View the official record →
The Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010 metres north of Cosdon Beacon in Devon, is a Bronze Age burial monument constructed as a mound of stones heaped over a grave or cremation deposit. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020244.
Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon 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 1020244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake (9.2 km), Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement 630m south of Hemstone Rocks (9.7 km), Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon'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 on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.