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Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source

England
List entry 1019265
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019265
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.29 hectares
Grid reference
SX 65406 81552
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument located in Devon. The site comprises a stone alignment associated with a cairn, representing typical ritual landscape features of the Bronze Age period in southwestern England. Such monuments served both ceremonial functions and as markers for burial practices, reflecting the religious and social organisation of Bronze Age communities. The alignment and cairn together form part of the broader pattern of prehistoric ritual sites distributed across the Devon landscape.

Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019265. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source?

Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019265.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source?

Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source 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 1019265.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blowing houses at Week Ford (9.2 km), Hut circle village 600yds (548m) SE of Swincombe (9.3 km), Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood (9.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Blowing houses at Week Ford
9.2 km
Hut circle village 600yds (548m) SE of Swincombe
9.3 km
Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood
9.4 km
Hut circle and field system NW of Saddle Bridge
9.4 km
Down Ridge stone circle and outlying standing stone 570m and 650m south of Forest Inn
9.5 km
Two cairns and a cist 300yds (270m) NW of Swincombe intake
9.7 km
Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir
9.7 km
Blowing house on Down Ridge
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source

Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Stone alignment and cairn 470m east of Stannon Brook source

ExeterRoman town · ~17.8 miles
Domesday entry for Shapley, Devon →
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