Round cairn east of Whittenknowles Rocks near Gutter Tor

This round cairn sits on the high moorland east of Whittenknowles Rocks, one of many burial monuments scattered across Dartmoor from the Bronze Age. The cairn would have been built over a burial or cremation, its stones gathered and heaped to mark a significant place in the landscape. Today it remains a modest but enduring presence on the open moor.

The site lies in country that rewards patient walking, with views across the moorland to Gutter Tor and beyond. Its survival as a scheduled monument reflects the importance of these prehistoric remains to understanding how people lived and died on Dartmoor thousands of years ago. The cairn is best visited as part of a wider exploration of the surrounding moorland and its archaeology.