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Two cairns and a cist located 300 yards northwest of Swincombe intake is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Devon. The site comprises two burial cairns accompanied by a stone cist, representing typical sepulchral structures of the second millennium before the common era. Such monuments are characteristic of upland Bronze Age burial practices in the Southwest of England, where cairns served as durable markers for the interment of the deceased and their grave goods. The survival of these remains provides evidence of settlement patterns and mortuary behaviour during the Bronze Age period on Dartmoor and surrounding elevated terrain.
Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003189. View the official record →
Two cairns and a cist located 300 yards northwest of Swincombe intake is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003189.
Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake 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 1003189.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn west of Stalldown (9.9 km), Enclosure on Stalldown (9.9 km), Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown (9.9 km).
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