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Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Devon. The monument consists of a cairn of stone, characteristic of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period across south-western England. Such cairns typically served as communal or individual burial monuments and represent an important category of prehistoric archaeological remains. The site's survival and formal designation reflect its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Devon landscape.
Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013039. View the official record →
Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013039.
Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball 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 1013039.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball'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 near Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.