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Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill in Devon. The site consists of a circular arrangement of stones typical of ring cairn construction, a funerary monument type prevalent during the Bronze Age in south-western England. It belongs to a substantial group of burial cairns distributed across the hilltop, indicating the location's significance as a prehistoric burial ground. The ring cairn is part of the broader cemetery complex that demonstrates the sustained use of Cawsand Hill as a place of the dead during the Bronze Age period.
Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010770. View the official record →
Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010770.
Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill 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 1010770.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers (9.1 km), Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers (9.5 km), A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill'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.
Ring cairn 140m north east of Cawsand Beacon forming part of a cairn cemetery on the summit of Cawsand Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.