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Two ring cairns 250m north of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site consists of two circular stone cairns arranged in close proximity, characteristic of cairn groupings found across the moorland plateau. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, though some examples may have Neolithic origins, and they served as burial monuments or ceremonial markers for early farming communities. The monument forms part of the extensive archaeological landscape of Dartmoor, where such cairn complexes provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices across upland terrain.
Two ring cairns 250m north of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011503. View the official record →
Two ring cairns 250m north of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011503.
Two ring cairns 250m north of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor 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 1011503.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marchant's Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Meavy (9.7 km), Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.4 km), Cairn south of Eylesbarrow Reave (10.4 km).
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Two ring cairns 250m north of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.