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Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site comprises two circular cairns, each defined by a ring of stones, characteristic of ritual and burial practices in prehistoric Britain. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, though some examples have origins in the later Neolithic period. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of local significance in the Devon landscape, representing the distribution of prehistoric burial sites across the South West peninsula.
Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014244. View the official record →
Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014244.
Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross 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 1014244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of a medieval fortified house at Leigh Barton, including the south and west ranges, a gatehouse, section of curtain wall and fishpond (5.4 km), Stanborough Camp Iron Age hillfort and bowl barrow (5.9 km), Ringwork and motte, 230m north east of Stanborough Camp (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two ring cairns 330m south east of Coldharbour Cross stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.