Quintin's Man (Cairn)

Main image: Wheatear on Quintin's Man - 5 metres from location - image by Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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The cairn consists of a pile of stones gathered from the surrounding moorland, built over 4,000 years ago to mark the resting place of someone significant to their community.

Period: Bronze Age
Grid reference: SX 6210 8386 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)

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Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, sites near here The Megalithic Portal, nearest recorded site

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Dartefacts Legendary Dartmoor Dartmoor Explorations Historic England, the List Historic England photo archive Archaeology Data Service

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