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Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott

England
List entry 1016209
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016209
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SS 57000 41527
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument survives as a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, which were widespread funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. Such barrows functioned as communal or elite burial sites and represent significant expressions of Bronze Age ceremonial and social practices. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1016209, indicating its recognition as a monument of archaeological importance.

Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016209. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott?

Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016209.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott?

Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott 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 1016209.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down (2 km), Bowl barrow 620m north west of Highlands (2.1 km), Bowl barrow 470m south east of Smythen Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down (2.2 km).

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Overview
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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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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down
2 km
Bowl barrow 620m north west of Highlands
2.1 km
Bowl barrow 470m south east of Smythen Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down
2.2 km
Two bowl barrows 170m west and 200m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down
2.2 km
Bowl barrow 510m north east of Outer Narracott Farm
2.8 km
Round barrow cemetery 210m south west of Hillcrest, Centery Lane
2.9 km
Three bowl barrows 520m and 620m east of Lynton Cross
3.3 km
Motte called Castle Roborough
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott

Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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