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Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon

England
List entry 1016229
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016229
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
SS 58238 29563
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthen mound characteristic of the bowl barrow form, a common funerary structure dating to the second millennium BCE. The barrow sits within a landscape rich in prehistoric remains, reflecting the significance of the Codden Beacon area during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important surviving example of Early Bronze Age burial practice in south-western England.

Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016229. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon?

Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016229.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon?

Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon 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 1016229.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tawstock holy well (3 km), Deserted medieval village at Welcombe Farm (3.6 km), Churchyard cross 20m south of Chittlehampton church (6.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tawstock holy well
3 km
Deserted medieval village at Welcombe Farm
3.6 km
Churchyard cross 20m south of Chittlehampton church
6.7 km
Wayside cross known as Eastacott Cross or the Stonen Hammer
7.2 km
Brightley Barton camp
7.3 km
Brightley Barton moated site
7.5 km
Wayside cross known as Hudscott Cross at Winson Cross
7.6 km
Two bowl barrows south of Haycroft, Huntshaw
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon

Bowl barrow at Codden Beacon stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Tawton, Devon →
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