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Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. The site comprises a circular mound of stone, characteristic of cairn construction from these periods, and represents the burial practices of prehistoric communities in the region. Such monuments typically date from the third or second millennium BC, though precise dating for individual examples often remains uncertain without excavation. The cairn survives as a tangible record of early settlement patterns and ritual activity on the Somerset uplands.
Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020932. View the official record →
Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020932.
Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head 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 1020932.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 750m ENE of Heath Pault Cross (6.8 km), Bowl barrow on Lype Hill, 550m north west of Lype Farm (6.9 km), Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old Vicarage (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head'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.
Round cairn 280m south of Rex Stile Head stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.