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This scheduled monument is a cairn, likely dating to the Bronze Age, situated on open moorland east of Ringmoor Cottage in the heart of Dartmoor. Cairns of this type were typically raised over burials or served ritual purposes within prehistoric communities, and this example contributes to the dense scatter of such monuments across the moor.
Today the site appears as a modest stone mound in the heather and grass. Its position on the moorland slope speaks to the way Bronze Age peoples arranged their sacred and burial sites across the landscape. Visiting offers a sense of the patterns of ancient Dartmoor, and the walk through open country rewards both archaeology and landscape appreciation.
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