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Cairns & Burial Sites

Cairns, barrows, cists and kistvaens - the moor's prehistoric burial monuments.

Cairn on Hameldown Tor
Antiquities

Cairn on Hameldown Tor

A Bronze Age cairn crowning Hameldown Tor, one of Dartmoor's prominent granite peaks on the eastern moor.

Cairn on northern Harford Moor
Antiquities

Cairn on northern Harford Moor

A Bronze Age cairn on the open moorland of northern Harford Moor, a stone monument of uncertain purpose from prehistory.

Cairn south of Eylesbarrow Reave
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Cairn south of Eylesbarrow Reave

A Bronze Age cairn standing near Eylesbarrow Reave on central Dartmoor, part of the moor's ancient ritual and territorial landscape.

Cairn south of Mill Corner
Antiquities

Cairn south of Mill Corner

A Bronze Age cairn standing on the open moor south of Mill Corner, a monument to Dartmoor's prehistoric past.

Cairn south-east of Nattor
Antiquities

Cairn south-east of Nattor

A Bronze Age cairn on the high moor south-east of Nattor, marking an ancient burial or ritual site.