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Two Cairns, White Hill, is a scheduled monument comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds forming the north-eastern edge of an extensive cairnfield on the north-eastern slope of White Hill near Holsworthy, Devon. The cairns are constructed from stones gathered from the underlying bedrock of the Holsworthy Group, a Moscovian-age deposit of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. This ridge-top location, typical of funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period, commands views across the surrounding moorland landscape.
The two cairns represent part of a larger archaeological complex of burial mounds distributed across White Hill's slopes. Such cairnfields are characteristic of the second millennium BC in south-west England, when communities used these prominent upland locations to mark the graves of their dead and assert territorial presence across the landscape.
The monument is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic England (reference 1007658) in recognition of its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age funerary practices in Devon. The 0.02-hectare scheduled area encompasses the two cairns and their immediate surroundings.
Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007658. View the official record →
Two Cairns, White Hill, is a scheduled monument comprising two Bronze Age burial mounds forming the north-eastern edge of an extensive cairnfield on the north-eastern slope of White Hill near Holsworthy, Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007658.
Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White 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 1007658.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn and cist on Barn Hill, 840m north east of Moortown Farm (9.5 km), Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common (9.6 km), A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two cairns forming the north eastern edge of a cairnfield on the north eastern slope of White Hill stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.