What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Cairn north of Glasscombe Ball as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the earlier part of the Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader network of prehistoric funerary monuments in southern England, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
Glasscombe Ball prehistoric stone rowAncient stone or rock art · 137 yd
Glasscombe BallMountain / peak · 252 yd
Stone RowArchaeological place · 307 yd
Piles HillMountain / peak · 598 yd
Hangershell RockNamed rock · 1380 yd
Waterfall on Piles BrookWaterfall · 1458 yd
Barn and Shippon Immediately West of Owley FarmhouseListed building · 1.2 mi
Owley BridgeListed building · 1.2 mi
Piles CopseWood · 1.2 mi
Tristis RockNamed rock · 1.3 mi
Hall PlantationWood · 1.5 mi
Harford: waterfall by Kings WoodWaterfall · 1.6 mi