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Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on Horridge Moor in Devon. It forms part of a larger round barrow cemetery in this upland location, representing the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities in the second millennium BCE. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound of characteristic bowl form, typical of Bronze Age mortuary monuments that dot the moorland landscape of Devon. Such cemeteries reflect the importance of ancestral commemoration and territorial markers within Bronze Age society.
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 situated 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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