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Bowl barrow on Wadland Down

England
List entry 1015470
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015470
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 51633 95472
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Wadland Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument takes the form of a simple circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows of this form generally date from the second millennium BCE and served as burial places, often for individuals of some social status within prehistoric communities. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains a significant archaeological monument documenting Bronze Age burial practice in the south-west of England.

Bowl barrow on Wadland Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015470. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Wadland Down?

Bowl barrow on Wadland Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015470.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Wadland Down?

Bowl barrow on Wadland Down 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 1015470.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Wadland Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 700m south-west of Great Nodden (8.7 km), Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden (8.7 km), Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden (8.8 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
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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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn 700m south-west of Great Nodden
8.7 km
Two round cairns 715m south-west of Great Nodden
8.7 km
Round cairn 765m south-west of Great Nodden
8.8 km
Two round cairns 840m south west of Great Nodden
8.8 km
Ring cairn 1060m south west of Great Nodden
9 km
Hut circles and a length of enclosure wall, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m east of Nodden Gate
9.4 km
Stone hut circle 610m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
9.4 km
Stone hut circle 530m ESE of Nodden Gate forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Wadland Down

Bowl barrow on Wadland Down stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Ashbury, Devon →
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