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Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ritual monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a linear arrangement of standing stones together with two burial cairns, representing characteristic funerary and ceremonial practices of prehistoric Devon. The stones and cairns are positioned in the moorland landscape north-west of Glasscombe Ball, forming part of the dense concentration of ceremonial monuments found across Dartmoor. Such alignments typically date to the Bronze Age and served functions connected to burial practices, territorial markers, or ritual activity within Bronze Age communities.
Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017610. View the official record →
Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ritual monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017610.
Stone alignment and two cairns to the north-west of Glasscombe Ball 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 1017610.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.4 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.4 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.4 km).
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