What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Cairn on Thorncombe Hill as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). It represents an important surviving example of prehistoric funerary and ritual architecture in the region.
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Lady's EdgeWood · 1607 yd
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Photo: Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0