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Round cairn on Soussons Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on elevated moorland in Devon. The cairn comprises a mound of stones constructed as a funerary structure, typical of the barrow building tradition that flourished across southwest England during the Bronze Age period. Its location on Soussons Down places it within a landscape containing other contemporary prehistoric monuments, reflecting the importance of this area as a burial ground in antiquity. The site remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in Devonshire.
Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018790. View the official record →
Round cairn on Soussons Down is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on elevated moorland in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018790.
Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons 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 1018790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (9.4 km), Enclosed prehistoric settlement and three round cairns 870m south east of Horn's Cross (9.5 km), Round cairn 580m south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons'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 on Soussons Down, 1.2km north west of Soussons stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.