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Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon is a Bronze Age ritual monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises three standing stones arranged in linear formation alongside an associated cairn, typical of the funerary and ceremonial practices of the second millennium BC. Such alignments are characteristic of Bronze Age sacred landscapes on Dartmoor and may have served functions connected to burial ritual, territorial demarcation, or astronomical observation. The monument remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and religious practice in the Southwest Peninsula.
Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013426. View the official record →
Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon is a Bronze Age ritual monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013426.
Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand 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 1013426.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 670m south of The Grey Wethers (9.1 km), A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook (9.4 km), Two prehistoric settlements 1280m SSW of The Grey Wethers (9.5 km).
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