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Bowl barrow 700m NNW of West Greadon is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow form, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ceremonial activity and territorial expression within prehistoric communities. The survival of this barrow contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice in Devon.
Bowl barrow 700m NNW of West Greadon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016971. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 700m NNW of West Greadon is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016971.
Bowl barrow 700m NNW of West Greadon 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 1016971.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Shortstone Moor (2.3 km), Woolley barrows (3 km), Bowl barrow 70m north east of Killarney (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 700m NNW of West Greadon'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 700m NNW of West Greadon stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.