
What is recorded here
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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Places near here
Wind and Weather HutListed building · 554 yd
Bury CastleArchaeological place · 899 yd
Selworthy War MemorialMemorial · 1274 yd
Selworthy Green, Periwinkle CottageOld home or work place · 1289 yd
Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' ChurchScheduled monument · 1304 yd
Agnes FountainScheduled monument · 1655 yd
Bossington HillViewpoint · 1757 yd
Pack Horse BridgeHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
Great WoodForest · 1.2 mi
Coastline between Hurlstone Point and Bossington BeachBeach · 1.5 mi
North HillMountain / peak · 1.5 miOther information
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