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One of a number of cairns at Black Pool is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises multiple cairns, which are burial mounds constructed from stone, typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. These monuments represent evidence of ritual burial practices and settlement patterns in south-west England during the second millennium BCE. The cairns at Black Pool contribute to our understanding of Bronze Age communities in Devon and their treatment of the dead.
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012285. View the official record →
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012285.
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 1012285.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of One of a number of cairns at Black Pool'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.
One of a number of cairns at Black Pool stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.