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Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford

England
List entry 1019006
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019006
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SS 54256 44630
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The barrow takes the form of a simple mounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow construction, in which a circular burial mound is raised over a central grave or cremation deposit. Bowl barrows of this type are typical of the Bronze Age period and represent one of the most common forms of monumental burial practice in southern England during the second millennium BC. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the region.

Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019006. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford?

Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019006.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford?

Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford 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 1019006.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 520m and 620m east of Lynton Cross (0.9 km), Iron Age hilltop enclosure at North Hill Cleave, circa 400m north-east of Outer Narracott Farm (0.9 km), Bowl barrow 510m north east of Outer Narracott Farm (1.3 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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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three bowl barrows 520m and 620m east of Lynton Cross
0.9 km
Iron Age hilltop enclosure at North Hill Cleave, circa 400m north-east of Outer Narracott Farm
0.9 km
Bowl barrow 510m north east of Outer Narracott Farm
1.3 km
Round barrow cemetery 210m south west of Hillcrest, Centery Lane
1.9 km
Bowl barrow 470m south east of Smythen Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down
2.6 km
Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down
2.8 km
Two bowl barrows 170m west and 200m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down
2.9 km
Bowl barrow 620m north west of Highlands
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford

Bowl barrow 440m north west of Ettiford 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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