
What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Cairn with a cist south-east of Shavercombe Tor 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 cairn with a cist, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It represents an early funerary and ritual monument type significant for understanding prehistoric burial practices in the region.
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Places near here
Shavercombe cistAncient burial place · 9 yd
Shavercombe WaterfallWaterfall · 198 yd
Shavercombe TorMountain / peak · 409 yd
The Stone Row at Ditsworthy WarrenAncient stone or rock art · 694 yd
Hen TorMountain / peak · 703 yd
Ditsworthy Warren HouseListed building · 1369 yd
Cottage WallRuins · 1.2 mi
Waterfall on the PlymWaterfall · 1.5 mi
Entrance to potato caveCave or cavern · 1.7 mi
Potato caveCave or cavern · 1.8 mi
Roughtor PlantationForest · 2.2 mi
William Crossing MemorialMemorial · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Guy Wareham · CC BY-SA 2.0