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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1003297) describes two ring cairns on the upper slopes of Cator Common. The scheduling falls in two areas. The eastern cairn is an irregular stony ring bank up to 12 metres across and 0.7 metres high, with a lower flat area in the middle. The western is built the same way but has a partial inner facing kerb on the ring bank, and measures up to 16 metres across and 0.6 metres high. Both have been disturbed by partial early digging or robbing. It lies in the parish of Widecombe in the Moor, about 2.2 km east of Bellever.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1003297 (updated 18 November 2015), which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 1 (1991), page 138, and PastScape 442453 and 442493.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1003297)
- Grid reference: SX 6754 7806 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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