Round cairn near Great Nodden

This round cairn sits on the high moorland northeast of Great Nodden, a remnant of Bronze Age activity on Dartmoor. Round cairns were typically burial monuments, though some served ritual purposes, and their presence across the moor reflects a landscape intensively used and shaped by communities over three thousand years ago.

Today the cairn stands in open moorland, part of the complex of prehistoric remains that characterize this part of Dartmoor. Visiting involves walking across the moor itself, and the site offers a sense of how Bronze Age people understood and marked their landscape.