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Yellowmead is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary complex located on Dartmoor in Devon, comprising a stone circle, associated cairn, and stone alignment that together represent the ceremonial landscape of the second millennium BCE. The stone circle itself consists of standing stones arranged in a circular formation, typical of Bronze Age monuments on Dartmoor, whilst the cairn represents a burial mound of the same period, functioning as a marker for elite interment or ritual deposition. The alignment of stones extends from the main circle, suggesting a processional or astronomical function characteristic of Bronze Age ritual practice. The site demonstrates the sophisticated spatial organisation of Bronze Age communities and their investment in monumental architecture for ceremonial and mortuary purposes.
Yellowmead stone circles, cairn and stone alignment is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010212. View the official record →
Yellowmead is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary complex located on Dartmoor in Devon, comprising a stone circle, associated cairn, and stone alignment that together represent the ceremonial landscape of the second millennium BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010212.
Yellowmead stone circles, cairn and stone alignment 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 1010212.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common (6.1 km), Two round barrows on Ridding Down (6.5 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Yellowmead stone circles, cairn and stone alignment'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.
Yellowmead stone circles, cairn and stone alignment stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.