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Two cairns on Cator Common is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Cator Common in Devon. The site comprises two stone cairns, which are typical burial structures of prehistoric upland communities in south-western England. These monuments are characteristic of the ritual and burial practices of communities inhabiting Dartmoor and its surrounding moorland during the third and second millennia before the present. The cairns represent important archaeological evidence of settlement patterns and funerary customs in prehistoric Devon.
Two cairns on Cator Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003297. View the official record →
Two cairns on Cator Common is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Cator Common in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003297.
Two cairns on Cator Common 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 1003297.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed prehistoric settlement and three round cairns 870m south east of Horn's Cross (7.9 km), Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (7.9 km), Round cairn 580m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two cairns on Cator Common'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.
Two cairns on Cator Common stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.