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Bowl barrow at Emmets Post is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which represents a widespread funerary tradition across southern Britain during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific archaeological details of this particular barrow's contents and excavation history are not extensively documented in widely accessible scholarly sources. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and forms part of the broader archaeological landscape of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial sites distributed across Devon's moorlands and rural areas.
Bowl barrow at Emmets Post is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020566. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Emmets Post is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020566.
Bowl barrow at Emmets Post 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 1020566.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park (4.8 km), Post-medieval deer park, medieval fishpond, 18th century triumphal arch and a 19th century lead mine, ore works and smelt mill at Boringdon Park (6.2 km), Plympton Priory (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Emmets Post'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 at Emmets Post stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.