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Burial chamber on Blackslade Down is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Devon, England. The site represents Bronze Age burial practice in the South West and consists of a stone-built chamber that would have served as a communal or individual grave during this period. The monument survives as a substantial archaeological feature that contributes to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary traditions across Dartmoor and the surrounding landscape.
Burial chamber on Blackslade Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003285. View the official record →
Burial chamber on Blackslade Down is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003285.
Burial chamber on Blackslade 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 1003285.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (6.9 km), Hembury Castle (7.1 km), Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burial chamber on Blackslade Down'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.
Burial chamber on Blackslade Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.