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Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from stones rather than earth, which represents a form of funerary architecture common in prehistoric Britain. Such cairns typically date from the period between the Neolithic and Bronze Age, when communities interred their dead beneath substantial stone structures as enduring memorials to the deceased. The site's survival to the present day provides archaeological evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Devon during the early periods of human activity in the region.
Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012233. View the official record →
Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012233.
Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain 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 1012233.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.6 km), Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn NNW of Beacon Plain'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 NNW of Beacon Plain stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.