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Round cairn 330m north of the Ordance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor
Devon
This round cairn sits on the northern slope of Cox Tor, one of Dartmoor's prominent granite peaks. The monument dates to the Bronze Age, when communities built cairns as burial places or ceremonial markers across the moor. Today it survives as a low stone mound, testament to Dartmoor's long human history and the landscape's continuity across millennia.
The site lies close to the OS triangulation pillar that marks Cox Tor itself, in open moorland where Bronze Age activity left many such monuments. Visiting involves a walk onto the moor and offers perspective on how people organised their settlements, rituals and burials across Dartmoor's high ground. The cairn's survival, despite centuries of weathering and land use, reflects both its sturdy construction and the moor's relative preservation of prehistoric heritage.
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