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Cairn east of Scout Hut is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn located in Devon, England. The monument survives as a earthen and stone mound which represents an important example of prehistoric funerary practice in the region. Such cairns typically functioned as communal or individual burial structures and are characteristic of Devon's Bronze Age landscape. The site's designation within the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of early settlement and mortuary traditions in the South West.
Cairn east of Scout Hut is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011993. View the official record →
Cairn east of Scout Hut is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011993.
Cairn east of Scout Hut 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 1011993.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (6.2 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (6.8 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn east of Scout Hut's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn east of Scout Hut stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.