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The westernmost cairn of the four-cairn group on the western slope of White Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a wider cairnfield in Devon. The monument consists of a rubble mound of stone, characteristic of burial cairns from the Bronze Age period. Its position as part of a larger cairnfield indicates this area was used for multiple burials across the same chronological horizon, reflecting the importance of this upland location for mortuary practices during the second millennium BC. The cairn survives as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of Bronze Age settlement and funerary activity in the Devon landscape.
The westernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007541. View the official record →
The westernmost cairn of the four-cairn group on the western slope of White Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a wider cairnfield in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007541.
The westernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White 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 1007541.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn and cist on Barn Hill, 840m north east of Moortown Farm (9.3 km), Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch Common (9.5 km), Windy Post: a wayside cross on open moorland 1.8km north of Sampford Spiney village (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The westernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
The westernmost of four cairns forming part of the cairnfield on the western slope of White Hill stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.