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The three cairns on Longstone Hill form part of a Bronze Age cairnfield, a communal burial landscape that testifies to prehistoric funerary practice in Devon. Cairnfields of this period typically comprised multiple burial mounds distributed across upland terrain, indicating sustained ritual use of the landscape over generations. The individual cairns at Longstone Hill consist of stone heaps constructed to mark burial deposits, reflecting the monumentalising of the dead that characterised Bronze Age society. As components of a larger cairnfield system, these three cairns contribute to understanding settlement patterns and territorial organisation in prehistoric Devon.
Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010604. View the official record →
The three cairns on Longstone Hill form part of a Bronze Age cairnfield, a communal burial landscape that testifies to prehistoric funerary practice in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010604.
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 1010604.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor (8.2 km), Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor (8.4 km), Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three cairns forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.