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Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball is a Neolithic burial monument situated in Devon. The site comprises a stone cairn constructed to contain burial chambers, characteristic of funerary practices during the Neolithic period. Such chambered cairns served as communal burial places and represent significant expressions of territorial identity and social organization among early farming communities in southwest England. The monument's survival testifies to the enduring archaeological value of Devon's Neolithic landscape.
Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013043. View the official record →
Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball is a Neolithic burial monument situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013043.
Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball 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 1013043.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball'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.
Chambered cairn at Ball Gate, Corringdon Ball stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.