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Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on high ground in Devon. The monument consists of a cairn, constructed from stone rather than earth, and represents a form of funerary monument typical of the later prehistoric period. Its location on the prominent position of Western Beacon's southern slope suggests deliberate placement in a visible landscape setting, a characteristic common to barrows of this era. The site's survival as a recorded monument demonstrates the enduring archaeological significance of Devon's Bronze Age funerary landscape.
Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017600. View the official record →
Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on high ground in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017600.
Cairn on the southern brow of Western 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 1017600.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (0.1 km), Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon (0.1 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (0.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on the southern brow of Western 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 the southern brow of Western Beacon stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.