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Cairn north-east of the Yellowmead stone circles

Grid ref: SX 5752 6786

Main image: Yellowmead Down prehistoric concentric stone circle - 49 metres from location - image by Sandy Gerrard (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010179) describes a cairn about 50 metres north-east of the Yellowmead stone circles, on the south-west-facing slope of Yellowmead Down. It is a mound of earth and stone 4 metres across and up to 0.3 metres high, with four stones of a retaining kerb on its west and south sides. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 1 km east of Sheeps Tor and 1.6 km east of Sheepstor.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1010179, which lists no further sources.

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010179)
  • Grid reference: SX 5752 6786 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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