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Selworthy Beacon cairn

Scheduled monument
Selworthy Beacon cairn
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The National Heritage List for England records Selworthy Beacon cairn 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.
A Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE, Selworthy Beacon is significant as part of a broader network of prehistoric monuments in the Mendip Hills, reflecting early ceremonial and funerary practices in south-west England.

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