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Kerbed cairn and cist 635m south west of The Grey Wethers
Devon
This is a Bronze Age cairn, identifiable by the kerb of stones that once defined its perimeter. Within or beneath it lies a cist, a stone-lined burial chamber typical of Dartmoor's prehistoric graves. Such monuments are found scattered across the high moor, often in groups, suggesting communities who used the open moorland as both living space and burial ground thousands of years ago.
Today the site is a subtle feature of the moorland landscape, easy to walk past without noticing. It sits in the context of the Grey Wethers stone circles nearby and forms part of the dense archaeological record of this part of central Dartmoor. For those walking the moor with attention to its deep history, it is a tangible link to Bronze Age communities whose presence shaped the landscape we see now.
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