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Bowl barrow in Lee's Plantation, East Hill, 560m east of Higher Rill Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of a burial mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile. The barrow represents a characteristic form of elite burial practice from the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of significant individuals within their communities. The site's survival in the landscape, despite subsequent land use and agricultural activity, provides archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in Devon. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1017773, reflecting its status as a designated archaeological site of national importance.
Bowl barrow in Lee's Plantation, East Hill, 560m east of Higher Rill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017773. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Lee's Plantation, East Hill, 560m east of Higher Rill Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument consisting of a burial mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017773.
Bowl barrow in Lee's Plantation, East Hill, 560m east of Higher Rill Farm 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 1017773.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sidbury Castle (3.2 km), Two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (3.9 km), Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (4.1 km).
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