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Stone alignment and terminal cairns south-west of Glasscombe Corner is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a linear arrangement of standing stones extending across the moorland, terminating at cairn structures at either end, a characteristic form of ritual landscape feature dating to the second millennium BC. Such alignments are interpreted as having served ceremonial or processional functions within Bronze Age communities, their terminal cairns potentially marking burial or ritual deposit locations. The monument survives as evidence of the sophisticated territorial and spiritual organisation of Dartmoor's prehistoric populations during the Bronze Age period.
Stone alignment and terminal cairns south-west of Glasscombe Corner is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012476. View the official record →
Stone alignment and terminal cairns south-west of Glasscombe Corner is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012476.
Stone alignment and terminal cairns south-west of Glasscombe Corner 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 1012476.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.7 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.7 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.7 km).
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