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Bowl barrow in Cookworthy Plantation, 290m east of the Baptist chapel is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The barrow's survival within the woodland setting of Cookworthy Plantation preserves an important record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in Devon.
Bowl barrow in Cookworthy Plantation, 290m east of the Baptist chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017677. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Cookworthy Plantation, 290m east of the Baptist chapel is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017677.
Bowl barrow in Cookworthy Plantation, 290m east of the Baptist chapel 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 1017677.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 540m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (3.1 km), Bowl barrow 770m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (3.3 km), Three bowl barrows 350m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Cookworthy Plantation, 290m east of the Baptist chapel'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 in Cookworthy Plantation, 290m east of the Baptist chapel stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.