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Bowl barrow on Affaland Moor 840m south west of Leworthy is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The barrow survives as a earthwork mound characteristic of the bowl barrow type, which represents a standard burial form of the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents and construction details of this particular example are not extensively documented in readily accessible records. The site's survival and official designation reflect its significance as part of the archaeological landscape of Dartmoor and the broader pattern of Bronze Age burial practices in the southwest peninsula.
Bowl barrow on Affaland Moor 840m south west of Leworthy is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017975. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Affaland Moor 840m south west of Leworthy is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017975.
Bowl barrow on Affaland Moor 840m south west of Leworthy 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 1017975.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery 240m north east of Lower Trebarrow (4.5 km), Beacon on Belland Moor 770m north east of Belland (5.5 km), St Anne's Well, in Whitstone churchyard (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Affaland Moor 840m south west of Leworthy's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow on Affaland Moor 840m south west of Leworthy stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.