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Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon 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.
Three cairns, likely dating to the Bronze Age, represent a type of burial or ritual monument common in the later prehistoric period. Their grouping suggests a significant local funerary or ceremonial landscape.

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