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St Breock Downs monolith is a Neolithic standing stone located on St Breock Downs in Cornwall, England. The monument comprises a substantial upright stone accompanied by a surrounding cairn, indicating its association with Bronze Age burial practices and potentially earlier Neolithic ritual activity. The standing stone and its attendant cairn represent important evidence of prehistoric monumental construction in Cornwall, reflecting the significant investment of labour and resources devoted to funerary and ceremonial sites during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The site's survival on the open moorland landscape has preserved it as a valuable archaeological record of Cornwall's ancient past.
St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012119. View the official record →
St Breock Downs monolith is a Neolithic standing stone located on St Breock Downs in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012119.
St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding 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 1012119.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm (4.8 km), Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm (5.8 km), Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding 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.
St Breock Downs monolith and surrounding cairn stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.