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Bowl barrow at Gallantry Bower is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument consists of a simple mounded earthwork of characteristic bowl barrow form, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the third and second millennia before the Common Era. Such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites and represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the region. The survival of this archaeological monument contributes to understanding Bronze Age and Neolithic activity across Devon's landscape.
Bowl barrow at Gallantry Bower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018520. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Gallantry Bower is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018520.
Bowl barrow at Gallantry Bower 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 1018520.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 580m north west of Gorvin (6.3 km), Two bowl barrows 400m north west of Gorvin (6.5 km), Bowl barrow 300m south east of Gorvin (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Gallantry Bower'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 Gallantry Bower stands on Devonian claystone, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is major:{claystone}, Minor{sandstone,siltstone,carbonates, consolidated}.