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Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Exmoor in Devon. The site consists of a circular mound of stone and earth constructed as a burial cairn, typical of prehistoric monument types found across south-western England. Such cairns served as communal or individual graves and represent significant investment in funerary practice by early farming communities. The monument's survival on the open moorland landscape reflects the archaeological importance of Exmoor as a region rich in prehistoric remains.
Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019998. View the official record →
Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on Exmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019998.
Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross 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 1019998.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn on Corndon Tor (8.5 km), Lizwell Bridge (8.6 km), Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 620m south east of Challacombe Cross'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 620m south east of Challacombe Cross stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.