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Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a linear arrangement of stones alongside a cairn, typical of upland monument complexes constructed during prehistoric periods when such alignments and burial mounds served communal ceremonial and commemorative functions. The physical remains reflect the construction practices of early agricultural societies in south-western Britain, where stone was worked into formal patterns across the landscape. Such monuments are archaeologically significant as evidence of organised labour, territorial marking, and burial practices among Dartmoor's prehistoric populations.
Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017604. View the official record →
Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017604.
Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon 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 1017604.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (0.5 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (0.5 km), Ringwork and bailey castle 400m south of Langford Barton (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon'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.
Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.