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A ring cairn 700m south east of Runnage Bridge, on the southern side of Soussons Down
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This ring cairn sits on the open moorland of Soussons Down, south east of Runnage Bridge. Ring cairns are Bronze Age monuments, typically built as ceremonial or burial sites, and this example forms part of the rich archaeological landscape of central Dartmoor. The circular stone structure would have held ritual or social significance for the communities who built and used it thousands of years ago.
Today the cairn remains as a low stone ring visible across the moorland. It stands as evidence of how intensively Dartmoor was settled and used during the Bronze Age, when the climate and vegetation supported scattered pastoral communities across what is now open heath. The site sits within a wider pattern of cairns, hut circles and field systems that map the ancient human geography of the moor.
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