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One of a number of cairns at Black Pool is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The cairn forms part of a significant concentration of funerary structures at this site, reflecting intensive ritual and burial practices during the Bronze Age period. Like other cairns of this era, it would have originally consisted of a mound of stones constructed over a burial deposit, serving as a durable marker of the dead within the landscape. The survival of multiple cairns at Black Pool makes the site an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age mortuary customs and settlement patterns in Devon.
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012232. View the official record →
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012232.
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool 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 1012232.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (0.5 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (0.5 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (0.9 km).
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