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Cairn south-east of Higher Piles is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from stones, which represents a funerary practice characteristic of the Bronze Age period in South West England. Such cairns typically functioned as burial structures and served as prominent landscape markers for contemporary communities. The monument's survival into the modern period provides evidence of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in this region of Devon.
Cairn south-east of Higher Piles is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013212. View the official record →
Cairn south-east of Higher Piles is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013212.
Cairn south-east of Higher Piles 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 1013212.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.1 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn south-east of Higher Piles'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 south-east of Higher Piles stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.