Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTriple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon

Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon

England
List entry 1013426
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013426
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.23 hectares
Grid reference
SX 64386 91581
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a cairn with an associated stone alignment of three stones, characteristic of funerary complexes constructed during the second millennium BC. Such monuments typically served as focal points for burial practices and ritual activity across the upland regions of southwest England during the Bronze Age. The alignment and cairn together represent an important element of the Bronze Age ritual landscape that survives on the moor today.

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon?

Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013426.

Who is responsible for protecting Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon?

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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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon

Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon

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