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Cairnfield and field 1030m north west of Archerton
Devon
This scheduled monument consists of a group of cairns and field remains dating to the Bronze Age, when Dartmoor's higher ground supported settled communities. The cairnfield lies on open moorland northwest of Archerton, a landscape that would have been actively farmed and managed thousands of years ago. Visitors will find a scatter of low stone mounds across the grassland, the remains of burial cairns and the clearance heaps left behind as prehistoric farmers worked the land.
The site sits within the broader pattern of Bronze Age settlement visible across Dartmoor. These upland cairnfields are monuments to a time when the moor was more densely populated and productive than the wild landscape of more recent centuries. Walking here offers insight into how Dartmoor's earliest farmers shaped their environment, and how the moor itself has shaped human memory and use for four thousand years.
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