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This round cairn lies on the high ground north of Ger Tor, a characteristic monument of Dartmoor's Bronze Age landscape. Built as a burial mound, it represents the ceremonial practices of communities who inhabited and shaped the moor over three thousand years ago. Today it survives as a low stony mound, part of the archaeological record that covers Dartmoor's ridges and valleys.
The site stands within a broader pattern of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity across the moor. Walking to it offers a sense of the wide, open terrain that these ancient peoples knew, and a tangible connection to Dartmoor's deep past. The cairn is a scheduled monument, protected for its historical and archaeological importance.
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