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Exe Plain stone alignment is a Bronze Age monument located in Somerset, England, situated approximately 425 metres north-east of a sheepfold. The alignment consists of stones arranged in a linear configuration, typical of Bronze Age ceremonial or territorial markers found across the south-west of England. Such alignments are thought to date to the second millennium BCE and may have served ritual, astronomical, or boundary-defining functions within prehistoric communities. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns in the Exe valley region.
Exe Plain stone alignment 425m north east of the sheepfold is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014262. View the official record →
Exe Plain stone alignment is a Bronze Age monument located in Somerset, England, situated approximately 425 metres north-east of a sheepfold. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014262.
Exe Plain stone alignment 425m north east of the sheepfold 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 1014262.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on South Regis Common (4.5 km), Halscombe stone setting 790m SSW of Simonsbath Bridge (4.8 km), Round barrow 200ft (60m) NW of Setta Barrow, Bray Common (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Exe Plain stone alignment 425m north east of the sheepfold'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.
Exe Plain stone alignment 425m north east of the sheepfold stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.