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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 →
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Triple stone alignment and cairn 780m east of Cawsand Beacon's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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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.