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Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station

England
List entry 1016210
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016210
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
SS 51720 10558
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately fifty metres north-east of Petrockstow Station in Devon. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and forms part of the wider Bronze Age burial landscape of Devon.

Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016210. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station?

Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately fifty metres north-east of Petrockstow Station in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016210.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station?

Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station 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 1016210.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Grange Farm (1.6 km), Churchyard cross 3m south of Huish church porch (1.7 km), Holy well 480m north west of Beaford Mill (4.9 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site at Grange Farm
1.6 km
Churchyard cross 3m south of Huish church porch
1.7 km
Holy well 480m north west of Beaford Mill
4.9 km
Churchyard cross 6m south of Dowland church
5.1 km
Wayside cross socket stone at road junction 70m east of St Peter's Church
5.2 km
Hillfort known as Castle Hill Settlement, 350m south of Woolleigh Bridge
6.3 km
Wayside cross at junction between Victoria Road and Park Road, east of Hatherleigh
6.8 km
St John's Holy Well
7.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station

Bowl barrow in Heathermoor Plantation, 50m north east of Petrockstow Station stands on Eocene To Miocene Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Miocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

Domesday entry for Petrockstowe, Devon →
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