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Cawsand Beacon is a Neolithic or Bronze Age cairn situated on the summit of Cawsand Hill in Devon. The site comprises a round cairn and ring cairn, which represent the primary prehistoric structures, alongside a stone building and five post-medieval shelters whose construction reflects later use of this elevated location. The beacon monument itself testifies to the long occupation and reuse of prominent hilltop sites across Devon's archaeological landscape, with the post-medieval shelters indicating the strategic importance of the summit for observation purposes in the early modern period. The complex demonstrates the palimpsest of human activity on prominent topographic features, from prehistoric burial practices through to early modern beacon infrastructure.
Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010793. View the official record →
Cawsand Beacon is a Neolithic or Bronze Age cairn situated on the summit of Cawsand Hill in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010793.
Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill 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 1010793.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers (9.4 km), A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook (9.4 km), Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill'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.
Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.