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Southern is a Bronze Age cairn forming part of a dispersed cairnfield on the north-eastern slope of White Hill in Devon. The monument comprises a stone mound characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such cairns were constructed as funerary monuments across the upland regions of south-west England. This particular cairn occupies an outlying position within a group of five cairns that together constitute a significant archaeological landscape, reflecting patterns of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in the area. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1007655.
Southern of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007655. View the official record →
Southern is a Bronze Age cairn forming part of a dispersed cairnfield on the north-eastern slope of White Hill in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007655.
Southern of five cairns forming an outlying part of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White 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 1007655.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn and cist on Barn Hill, 840m north east of Moortown Farm (9.4 km), Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common (9.5 km), A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common (9.6 km).
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