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Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor in Devon. The barrow is characteristic of the bowl barrow type, featuring a simple mound construction typical of Bronze Age burial practices on Exmoor. It stands as evidence of the intensive use of Horridge Moor as a burial landscape during the Bronze Age, contributing to the archaeological significance of the broader barrow cemetery in which it is situated. The monument remains a scheduled ancient monument of national importance in Devon's archaeological heritage.
Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015468. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015468.
Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round 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 1015468.
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 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.2 km), Two bowl barrows 550m north of Challacombe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.5 km).
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Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.