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Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Devon. The site comprises a linear arrangement of stones together with an associated cairn, characteristic of ritual and funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. Such alignments typically served functions related to burial customs, territorial marking, or ceremonial gathering, though the precise purpose of this particular example remains a subject of archaeological interpretation. The monument's survival in the Devon landscape provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and religious practices in the southwestern peninsula during the second millennium BCE.
Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019215. View the official record →
Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019215.
Stone alignment and cairn 800m SSW of Yardworthy 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 1019215.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm (8.8 km), Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm (8.9 km), Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm (9 km).
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