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Round cairn 280m north-east of Raddick Hill summit
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This round cairn sits on the open moorland north-east of Raddick Hill summit, a scheduled monument from the Bronze Age. Like many of Dartmoor's cairns, it was likely built as a burial monument or ritual marker, testament to the people who worked and lived on this high ground thousands of years ago. The moor retains abundant evidence of this period, with cairns, stone circles and settlement traces scattered across the upland.
Today the cairn stands as a low stony mound in the landscape. Its exact form and condition reflect centuries of exposure to wind, rain and moorland use. Visiting this site rewards those who walk the moorland around Raddick Hill and take time to read the Bronze Age story written across Dartmoor's surface.
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