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The monument on the east-facing slope of Lakehead Hill in Devon is a ritual complex comprising two cairns containing cists alongside a stone hut circle, dating to the Bronze Age. The cairns represent funerary structures characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, while the associated hut circle indicates contemporary domestic occupation within the same ceremonial landscape. The spatial arrangement of these elements suggests a integrated settlement pattern linking residential and ritual functions during the later prehistoric period. The site forms part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age ritual and settlement archaeology documented across Dartmoor and the southwest peninsula.
Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018511. View the official record →
The monument on the east-facing slope of Lakehead Hill in Devon is a ritual complex comprising two cairns containing cists alongside a stone hut circle, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018511.
Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex 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 1018511.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine (9.8 km), Two cairns and a cist on the western slope of Great Gnats' Head (9.9 km), Round cairn on the summit of Great Gnat's Head (10 km).
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Two cairns with two cists and a stone hut circle on the east facing slope of Lakehead Hill forming part of a ritual complex stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.