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Barrow near Shaugh Cross

England
List entry 1003824
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003824
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SX 55317 63467
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barrow near Shaugh Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Dartmoor in Devon. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument within the Dartmoor landscape, representing the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. Such barrows typically date to the period between approximately 2000 and 1000 BCE, when inhumation and cremation burial under mounds was a standard practice among Bronze Age populations. The monument's survival and listing reflect its significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity on Dartmoor.

Barrow near Shaugh Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003824. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Barrow near Shaugh Cross?

Barrow near Shaugh Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003824.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow near Shaugh Cross?

Barrow near Shaugh Cross 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 1003824.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow near Shaugh Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lee Moor Tramway Bridge (7.4 km), Plympton Priory (7.4 km), Austin Fort and section of military road (7.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Lee Moor Tramway Bridge
7.4 km
Plympton Priory
7.4 km
Austin Fort and section of military road
7.6 km
Plympton Castle
7.7 km
Efford Fort and Efford Emplacement
7.9 km
Laira Battery
8.1 km
Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira Battery
8.3 km
Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barrow near Shaugh Cross

Barrow near Shaugh Cross stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

Domesday entry for Shaugh, Devon →
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