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Tor cairn, situated 170 metres south of Cox Tor summit in Devon, is a Bronze Age round cairn forming part of a distributed burial cemetery on the moorland. The monument comprises a circular mound of stones typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, when such cairns served as visible markers for elite and community burials across the landscape. Its positioning within a larger cairn field indicates a focus for ritual and burial activity during the second millennium BC, reflecting patterns of settlement and social organization characteristic of the Bronze Age period on Devon's upland moors. The site contributes to the archaeological significance of the Dartmoor region, where such cairn cemeteries represent some of the most substantial surviving evidence of Bronze Age activity in the southwest of England.
Tor cairn 170m south of Cox Tor summit forming part of a round cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011252. View the official record →
Tor cairn, situated 170 metres south of Cox Tor summit in Devon, is a Bronze Age round cairn forming part of a distributed burial cemetery on the moorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011252.
Tor cairn 170m south of Cox Tor summit forming part of a round cairn cemetery 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 1011252.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.2 km), One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down (10.3 km), Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.3 km).
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