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Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Longstone Hill
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This cairn is one of several that make up a cairnfield on Longstone Hill, a scattered Bronze Age monument that speaks to the way the upland moor was used and understood in prehistory. Cairns like this one were often burial or ceremonial markers, built by communities who moved across and settled the high ground of what is now Dartmoor.
Walking among them today, you find a landscape layered with time. The cairns sit on moorland that has changed little in form since their construction, though the vegetation and tree cover around them have shifted considerably. They are part of the rich archaeological record that makes Dartmoor's open country so historically significant, and a tangible link to the people who shaped this landscape thousands of years ago.
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