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Hillson's House cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located at Stalldown in Devon, England. The monument consists of a cairn, typical of funerary structures from the Bronze Age period, constructed from stone and earth to cover interred remains. Such cairns represent significant evidence of prehistoric burial practices and social organization in southwestern England during the second millennium BCE. The site's designation within the national heritage record reflects its archaeological importance as a surviving example of Bronze Age monumental architecture in the Devon landscape.
Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012712. View the official record →
Hillson's House cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located at Stalldown in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012712.
Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown 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 1012712.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (4.3 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown'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.
Hillson's House cairn, Stalldown stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.