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Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises a stone cist, a stone burial chamber constructed from stone slabs, accompanied by a retaining kerb that would have formed part of a barrow or cairn structure typical of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments represent important evidence of funerary practices and settlement patterns during the second millennium BC in south-west England. The surviving physical remains indicate the burial tradition and constructional methods employed by Bronze Age communities in this region.
Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013101. View the official record →
Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013101.
Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles 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 1013101.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.3 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.4 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles'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.
Cist and retaining kerb south-east of Lower Piles stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.