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A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Horridge Moor in Devon. The site forms part of a larger round barrow cemetery, indicating sustained use of this upland location for burial purposes during the Bronze Age period. The monument comprises a bowl barrow, the most common form of burial mound in Britain during this era, accompanied by an associated ring ditch that would have formed the ditched perimeter of the original earthwork. The presence of multiple barrows in close proximity demonstrates the ceremonial significance of Horridge Moor as a burial landscape during prehistoric times.
A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015469. View the official record →
A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Horridge Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015469.
A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015469.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.1 km), Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.1 km), Bowl barrow 330m east of Beacon Moor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (0.4 km).
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A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.