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Three round cairns 370m ENE of Down Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises three circular stone cairns, characteristic of the burial practices that were widespread across the moorland during the Bronze Age, when such structures served as communal or individual burial places, often accompanied by pottery and grave goods. The cairns' positioning on the high moorland reflects the Bronze Age settlement patterns documented across Dartmoor, where such monuments cluster in significant numbers. The monument is now represented by the earthworks and stone remains visible today, providing evidence of the ritual and burial practices of the Bronze Age communities who inhabited this upland landscape.
Three round cairns 370m ENE of Down Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010782. View the official record →
Three round cairns 370m ENE of Down Tor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010782.
Three round cairns 370m ENE of Down Tor 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 1010782.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Ridding Down (8.2 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (8.4 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three round cairns 370m ENE of Down Tor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three round cairns 370m ENE of Down Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.