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Bowl barrow 175m south west of Elworthy Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the Brendon Hills in Devon. The monument survives as a roughly circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age when inhumation beneath mounds became standard burial practice across southern Britain. The barrow's location within a landscape rich in prehistoric remains reflects the importance of this upland region as a focus for Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity. Like many such monuments, it represents the material expression of social status and religious belief systems of its period.
Bowl barrow 175m south west of Elworthy Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016649. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 175m south west of Elworthy Cross is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the Brendon Hills in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016649.
Bowl barrow 175m south west of Elworthy 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 1016649.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 225m south east of Elworthy Cross (0.3 km), Bowl barrow 610m south east of Elworthy Cross (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 300m north west of Witheridge Moor Cross (west) (1 km).
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