
What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Prehistoric round cairn with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist 485m WNW of Showery 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.
Prehistoric round cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, with inner and outer kerbs and a central cist. Such cairns are significant as funerary monuments, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in the British Isles.
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