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Cairn on Eastern Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Eastern Beacon in Devon, England. The monument consists of a stone cairn, characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as communal or individual repositories for the deceased. The site's elevated position on Eastern Beacon suggests deliberate placement in a prominent landscape location, a common feature of Bronze Age funerary monuments in the South West. As a designated heritage asset, the cairn contributes to understanding the prehistoric settlement and burial patterns of Devon during the second and first millennia before the Common Era.
Cairn on Eastern Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012463. View the official record →
Cairn on Eastern Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Eastern Beacon in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012463.
Cairn on Eastern Beacon 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 1012463.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon (1.8 km), Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (1.8 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Eastern Beacon'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 on Eastern Beacon stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.