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Barrow cemetery on the western slope of Crownhill Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Devon, England. The site comprises multiple burial mounds typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in the region, reflecting the ritual and social importance of formal cemetery provision during the second millennium before Christ. The barrows occupy a position on the sloping terrain of Crownhill Down, a landscape setting characteristic of many Devon Bronze Age cemeteries which often exploited prominent topographical features. As a scheduled monument under the national heritage listing system, the site preserves evidence of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns across the South West peninsula.
Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003201. View the official record →
Barrow cemetery on the western slope of Crownhill Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003201.
Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down 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 1003201.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plympton Castle (4.7 km), Plympton Priory (4.7 km), Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House (5.9 km).
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Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.