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Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon is a Bronze Age monument located in Devon. The site comprises a stone alignment together with an associated cairn, typical of ritual or ceremonial structures erected during the Bronze Age period. Such alignments and cairns served purposes related to burial practices, territorial demarcation, or ceremonial activity within prehistoric communities. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns in the Devon landscape.
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 Bronze Age monument located 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).
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