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Cairn

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Main image: Damp track to the Meavy - 16 metres from location - image by Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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This cairn represents the enduring presence of Bronze Age communities on Dartmoor, built as a burial monument or ceremonial marker between 2000 and 700 BC.

  • Period: Bronze Age
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