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Cairn with cist north of Shavercombe Brook is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises a cairn, a mound of stones constructed as a burial marker, containing a stone-built cist or burial chamber. This form of funerary monument is characteristic of Bronze Age mortuary practice in southwest England, dating broadly to the second millennium before Christ. The monument survives as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important archaeological witness to prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the region.
Cairn with cist north of Shavercombe Brook is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012173. View the official record →
Cairn with cist north of Shavercombe Brook is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012173.
Cairn with cist north of Shavercombe Brook 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 1012173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (9.2 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (9.3 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn with cist north of Shavercombe Brook'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 with cist north of Shavercombe Brook stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.