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Cairn south-east of Shell Top is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. The monument consists of a cairn, a characteristic form of prehistoric funerary monument constructed from heaped stone rather than earth, typical of upland burial practices during the Bronze Age period. Such cairns served as the focal points for communities to deposit their dead and associated grave goods, and often remained prominent landscape features for centuries after their construction. The site's location on Devon's moorland reflects the pattern of Bronze Age settlement and burial distribution across England's upland regions, where stone cairns were particularly common.
Cairn south-east of Shell Top is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012689. View the official record →
Cairn south-east of Shell Top is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012689.
Cairn south-east of Shell Top 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 1012689.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (7.8 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (7.9 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn south-east of Shell Top'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 Shell Top stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.