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Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Devon. The cairns are part of a larger cairnfield complex typical of upland burial practices during the Bronze Age, when communities utilised high ground for interment purposes. Such cairnfields represent sustained use of particular landscapes over time, with individual cairns constructed to mark burial sites or commemorate the dead. The monument's location on exposed moorland reflects Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns in the South West, though the specific dimensions and preservation condition of these three individual cairns would require site inspection to fully document.
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 →
Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on moorland in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010583.
Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone 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 1010583.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor (8.3 km), Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor (8.4 km), Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down (8.8 km).
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