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Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Devon. The barrow takes the form of a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary structure dating to the Bronze Age period. Located approximately 690 metres north of Longwood House, the monument represents evidence of prehistoric ritual practices and settlement patterns in the Devon landscape. Such barrows typically contained inhumations or cremations and served as focal points for Bronze Age communities, though the specific contents and condition of this individual example would require archaeological investigation to establish.
Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020159. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020159.
Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House 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 1020159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart, 270m south east of Maypool Cottage (0.7 km), Hillfort known as Greenway Camp, immediately north east of Cart Wood (0.7 km), D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House'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 690m north of Longwood House stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.