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Cairn with cist near Gutter Tor

Grid ref: SX 5767 6712

Main image: Photo: Guy Wareham (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

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  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1012473)
  • Grid reference: SX 5767 6712 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)

The full official description is in the Historic England record linked above.

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