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Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor in Devon. The monument consists of a bowl-shaped earthwork, a common funerary form characteristic of the Bronze Age period, which typically dates from approximately 2200 to 700 BCE. As part of a larger barrow cemetery, this mound demonstrates the prehistoric practice of concentrating burial sites within specific landscape locations, reflecting the ritual and social significance of the locality during the Bronze Age. The site is protected under national heritage legislation and remains an important archaeological record of Devon's prehistoric burial practices.
Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015478. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015478.
Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge 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 1015478.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.1 km), Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.2 km), Bowl barrow 330m east of Beacon Moor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (0.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.