Two cairns and a boundary bank

Two cairns and an associated boundary bank form part of a larger Bronze Age cairnfield scattered across this upland area of Dartmoor. These monuments are among many similar structures that dot the high moor, built as burial markers and territorial markers by communities living on Dartmoor over three thousand years ago. The cairnfield pattern suggests intensive land use and organisation of the landscape during prehistory.

Today the site sits in open moorland south-west of Raddick Hill, where the cairns and bank remain visible features in the heather and grass. Walking across this part of Dartmoor, these monuments are part of the archaeology woven into the landscape, marking the presence of Bronze Age settlement and activity that shaped the moor as we see it now.

Historic England listed designation: Two cairns and a boundary bank forming part of a cairnfield 440m south-west of Raddick Hill summit