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Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church

England
List entry 1018056
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018056
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SY 07340 85622
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Throwleigh in Devon. The barrow comprises a substantial earthen mound of roughly circular plan, characteristic of bowl barrows constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such monuments served as repositories for high-status burials. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary practice in the Devon landscape. Its survival to the present day, despite extensive later landscape modification, makes it a valuable indicator of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity in the upland regions of Dartmoor's margins.

Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018056. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church?

Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Throwleigh in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018056.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church?

Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church 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 1018056.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old church (remains of) (0.1 km), Bowl barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, 850m north west of Stowford House (2.8 km), Bowl barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, 770m south of Hawkerland Farm (2.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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

Old church (remains of)
0.1 km
Bowl barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, 850m north west of Stowford House
2.8 km
Bowl barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, 770m south of Hawkerland Farm
2.9 km
High Peak Camp
3 km
Two bowl barrows on Bicton Common, 770m and 780m north of Frying Pans
3.6 km
Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, 640m and 625m east of Four Firs
3.7 km
Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, both 330m east of Four Firs
4 km
Three bowl barrows on Lympstone Common, 500m west of Fryingpans
4.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church

Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church

ExeterRoman town · ~10.5 miles
Domesday entry for Bicton, Devon →
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