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Tor cairn on Stiperstones is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the upland landscape of the Stiperstones ridge in Shropshire. Located 130 metres south-south-east of Manstone Rock, the cairn represents a significant funerary monument from the second millennium BC, a period when such structures were commonly erected across the high ground of the Welsh Marches. The monument consists of a mound of heaped stone, characteristic of cairn construction practices in upland regions where stone was more readily available than soil for earthen barrows. As a designated heritage asset, Tor cairn contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in this area of Shropshire.
Tor cairn on Stiperstones, 130m SSE of Manstone Rock. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007706. View the official record →
Tor cairn on Stiperstones is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the upland landscape of the Stiperstones ridge in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007706.
Tor cairn on Stiperstones, 130m SSE of Manstone Rock. 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 1007706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hardwick castle motte and bailey castle 140m WSW of Hardwick Hall (7.9 km), Motte and bailey castle 100m west of Holy Trinity Church (8.2 km), Bowl barrow on Synald's Knoll, 520m SSE of the Midland Gliding clubhouse. (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tor cairn on Stiperstones, 130m SSE of Manstone Rock.'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Tor cairn on Stiperstones, 130m SSE of Manstone Rock. stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.