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Ring cairn on Holne Ridge 860m north west of Hapstead Ford and 1180m north east of Ryder's Hill
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This ring cairn sits on the high moorland of Holne Ridge, one of many Bronze Age burial cairns scattered across Dartmoor. Ring cairns typically date to the later Bronze Age and consist of a circular bank of stones, often with a central burial or ritual deposit. The monument's position on the ridge would have been significant to the communities who built it, marking both a burial place and a point in the landscape.
Today the cairn remains as a low stony ring, visible among the heather and rough grass. It forms part of the dense archaeological record of this part of the moor, where prehistoric activity left a lasting mark on the plateau. Walkers crossing Holne Ridge encounter it as a quiet reminder of the people who inhabited and shaped Dartmoor thousands of years ago.
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