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Kerbed round cairn, Standon Hill
Grid ref: SX 5473 8137
On walking routes: The Lichway
Main image: Photo: Guy Wareham, Wikimedia Commons
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1021180) describes a round cairn on a west-facing slope of Standon Hill, above the valley of the River Tavy. It is a mound 4.6 metres across and up to 0.6 metres high. Edge-set stones up to 0.7 metres high round its north and east edges are a kerb, and a single upright stone inside may be what remains of a second ring of stones. It lies in the parish of Peter Tavy, about 0.8 km north of Bagga Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1021180, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 5, The Second Millennium BC (1997), page 182.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1021180)
- Grid reference: SX 5473 8137 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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