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Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill

England
List entry 1010269
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010269
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SY 16013 96771
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Farway Hill in Devon, England. The barrow forms part of a dispersed group of burial mounds situated across the hilltop, representing a concentration of prehistoric funerary activity in this upland landscape. As a bowl barrow, the monument consists of a circular mound with a surrounding ditch, a characteristic burial form of the Bronze Age period. The site is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1010269.

Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010269. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill?

Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Farway Hill in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010269.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill?

Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill 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 1010269.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (1.8 km), Two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (1.8 km), Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (2.1 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 100m south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill
1.8 km
Two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill
1.8 km
Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill
2.1 km
Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down
2.7 km
Bowl barrow in Lee's Plantation, East Hill, 560m east of Higher Rill Farm
4.2 km
Blackbury Castle hillfort
5.2 km
Cross ridge dyke extending north and south of The Three Horse Shoes Inn
6.2 km
Sidbury Castle
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill

Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 210m north west of the Farway Common Road, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill

ExeterRoman town · ~15.1 miles
Domesday entry for Whitley, Devon →
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