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Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation

England
List entry 1012248
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012248
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 56154 65937
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a kerb of stones that once retained the perimeter of a cairn, representing the structural remains of a burial mound of prehistoric date. Such stone settings are characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice on Dartmoor, where they served to define and contain the earth and stone heaps raised over the dead. The monument's survival, albeit in partial form, provides evidence of the funerary traditions and landscape use of Bronze Age communities in this region.

Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012248. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation?

Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012248.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation?

Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation 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 1012248.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (6.5 km), Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains (6.5 km), Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park (7.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner
6.5 km
Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains
6.5 km
Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park
7.4 km
Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon Park
8.2 km
Bowden Battery
9.9 km
Eggbuckland Keep
10 km
Lee Moor Tramway Bridge
10 km
Plympton Priory
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation

Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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