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Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down is a Bronze Age monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a linear arrangement of standing stones terminating in a cairn, with the cairn enclosed by a stone kerb that served to define and retain its structure. Such alignments are characteristic of Bronze Age ritual and ceremonial practices, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. The monument's position on Ringmoor Down reflects the extensive use of the Dartmoor uplands during the Bronze Age for monumental construction and communal activities.
Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012246. View the official record →
Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down is a Bronze Age monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012246.
Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down 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 1012246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (6.1 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (6.5 km), Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains (6.6 km).
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