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Bowl barrow 500m W of Starved Oak Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common burial form across southern England during the prehistoric period. Such monuments typically date from the Neolithic through to the Bronze Age, representing the ritual and commemorative practices of early agricultural and metal-working communities. The barrow's survival as a landscape feature demonstrates the persistence of these burial structures and their importance within the archaeological record of Devon's prehistoric settlement patterns.
Bowl barrow 500m W of Starved Oak Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010645. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 500m W of Starved Oak Cross is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010645.
Bowl barrow 500m W of Starved Oak 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 1010645.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Nicholas' Priory (6.4 km), Hall of the Vicars Choral, South Street (6.4 km), Roman baths (site of), The Deanery (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 500m W of Starved Oak Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 500m W of Starved Oak Cross stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.