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Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn comprises a circular mound of stones constructed during the later prehistoric period as a burial site, typical of the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the southwest. Its position on the high moorland landscape reflects the Bronze Age preference for prominent hilltop locations for such monuments. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns on Dartmoor.
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 →
Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. 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).
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