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Two cairns on Cator Common is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated on Cator Common in Devon. The site comprises two stone cairns, which are characteristic burial structures of prehistoric Britain, typically constructed as heaps of stone accumulated over a central burial deposit or cremation. Such cairns on the Devonian moors represent important evidence of early settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the southwest of England during the third and second millennia BC. The monument's survival on the open moorland provides archaeological testimony to prehistoric land use and the ritual significance of elevated locations in Bronze Age society.
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 situated 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).
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