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Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill is a prehistoric funerary and territorial monument located in Devon. The site comprises ten burial cairns together with an associated bank, representing a fragmentary survival of a larger cairnfield that once extended across the upland landscape. Dating to the Bronze Age, the monument reflects the ritual practices and land use patterns of prehistoric communities occupying Devon's moorland regions. The surviving cairns and bank constitute important archaeological evidence for understanding settlement patterns and burial practices during the second millennium BC.
Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010773. View the official record →
Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill is a prehistoric funerary and territorial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010773.
Ten cairns and a length of bank forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill 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 1010773.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor (7.4 km), An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, three round cairns and a length of reave 650m WSW of Ger Tor (7.8 km), Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down (7.9 km).
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