Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill

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History & significance

Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument located on the Devon moors. The cairnfield comprises multiple stone burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such monuments were erected across the moorland landscapes of southwest England as communal or family burial sites. The three cairns that form the designated part of this larger cemetery represent the characteristic round barrow form of Bronze Age funerary practice, constructed from stones gathered from the surrounding moorland. These monuments contribute to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns in Devon and reflect the intensive use of marginal moorland for ritual and mortuary purposes during this prehistoric period.

Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010583. View the official record →

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