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Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor

England

List entry 1016222

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1016222

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.14 hectares

Grid reference

SS 43678 00651

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on Halwill Moor in Devon. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork with a characteristically rounded mound profile typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments represent the burial practices of early Bronze Age communities and contribute to the archaeological landscape of Dartmoor's peripheral moorlands. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important surviving example of Devonian Bronze Age funerary architecture.

Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016222. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor?

Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on Halwill Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016222.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor?

Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor 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 1016222.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upcott Barrow (3.4 km), Hender Barrow (3.6 km), Foxhole Barrow (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

Four bowl barrows 340m north west of Mount Pleasant Farm

4.7 km

Bowl barrow 620m north of Higher Eworthy

4.9 km

Thorn Barrow 520m south east of Coop, in Highermoor Plantations

5.3 km

Bowl barrow 375m north east of Higher Eworthy

5.4 km

Bowl barrow 770m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery

5.6 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor

Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 500m north east of Lane End, Halwill Moor

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.6 miles

Domesday entry for Halwill, Devon →

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