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Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross

England

List entry 1017132

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1017132

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.08 hectares

Grid reference

SS 98617 13990

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow form, a common burial monument type constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the persistence of Bronze Age landscape features in the Devon countryside and contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practices in south-western England.

Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017132. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross?

Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017132.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross?

Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson 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 1017132.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow immediately north of Blenheim House, 310m south west of Putson Cross (0.4 km), Roman Fort, Bolham Hill (3 km), Tiverton Castle (uninhabited buildings) (3.4 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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Long barrow immediately north of Blenheim House, 310m south west of Putson Cross

0.4 km

Roman Fort, Bolham Hill

3 km

Tiverton Castle (uninhabited buildings)

3.4 km

The Great House, Peter Street

Two Roman forts and two Roman camps at St Andrew's Hill

7.1 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross

Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 260m north west of Putson Cross

ExeterRoman town · ~13.9 miles

Domesday entry for Lowman, Devon →

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