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Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake
Devon
This scheduled monument comprises two cairns and a cist situated northwest of Swincombe intake on the open moor. The remains date to the Bronze Age, when Dartmoor was more densely settled and used for burial, ritual and pastoral activities. Such cairns often marked burial places or significant points in the landscape, while cists are stone-built boxes that typically held cremated remains or grave goods.
Today the site is scattered across rough moorland, its exact form shaped by millennia of weathering and peat growth. Walking here places you within the broader pattern of Bronze Age monuments that survive across Dartmoor, giving a tangible sense of how our ancestors moved through and marked this high ground. The site is accessible to those exploring this quieter corner of the moor on foot.
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