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Cairn west of Stalldown is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a stone cairn that represents a form of funerary architecture characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such mounds served as repositories for the dead and functioned as prominent landscape features within prehistoric communities. As a scheduled monument, it retains archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the south-west of England. The cairn's physical survival to the present day contributes to the wider distribution of Bronze Age monuments across Devon and the broader context of prehistoric ritual and ceremonial landscapes.
Cairn west of Stalldown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012708. View the official record →
Cairn west of Stalldown is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012708.
Cairn west of Stalldown 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 1012708.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (4.6 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.9 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn west of Stalldown'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 west of Stalldown stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.