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Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390m and 420m south east of Rex Stile Head is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Exmoor in Somerset, England. The site consists of two circular stone cairns positioned at slightly different elevations on the moorland, evidence of ritual burial practices during the Bronze Age when such barrow monuments were commonly constructed across the upland regions of south-west England. Both cairns survive as substantial earthworks, though like many moorland cairns they have been subject to erosion and disturbance over the intervening millennia. The monuments form part of a wider distribution of Bronze Age funerary sites across Dunkery Hill and the surrounding Exmoor plateau, contributing to understanding of settlement patterns and religious practices in prehistoric upland areas.
Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390m and 420m south east of Rex Stile Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020926. View the official record →
Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390m and 420m south east of Rex Stile Head is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Exmoor in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020926.
Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390m and 420m south east of Rex Stile Head is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020926.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure and associated outworks on Staddon Hill (5.4 km), Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.6 km), Road Castle (6.6 km).
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