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Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site comprises a stone alignment associated with a cairn, representing the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities in the southwest of England. Such alignments typically date to the Bronze Age, though some elements may derive from earlier Neolithic activity. The monument survives as a testament to the ceremonial landscape created by early farming societies, though its precise original extent and purpose remain subjects of archaeological interpretation.
Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012460. View the official record →
Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012460.
Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn. 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 1012460.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.8 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.8 km), Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn.'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.
Spurrell's Cross stone alignment and cairn. stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.