What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Cairn on 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 in Britain, around 3500–3000 BCE. It represents a significant prehistoric funerary and ceremonial site, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation in the region.
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Places near here
Glasscombe BallMountain / peak · 131 yd
Glasscombe Ball prehistoric stone rowAncient stone or rock art · 299 yd
Spurrell's CrossScheduled monument · 348 yd
Piles HillMountain / peak · 924 yd
Hangershell RockNamed rock · 1129 yd
Waterfall on Piles BrookWaterfall · 1.0 mi
Barn and Shippon Immediately West of Owley FarmhouseListed building · 1.1 mi
Owley BridgeListed building · 1.1 mi
Tristis RockNamed rock · 1.3 mi
Piles CopseWood · 1.4 mi
Hall PlantationWood · 1.6 mi
Harford: waterfall by Kings WoodWaterfall · 1.6 mi