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Cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and other associated cropmarks 700m east of Netherexe Barton is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex revealed through aerial reconnaissance and cropmark survey in Devon. The site comprises a linear cursus monument, a mortuary enclosure, and a ring ditch, representing successive phases of ritual use spanning the Neolithic through Bronze Age periods. The monuments are evident primarily as soil and cropmark features rather than upstanding structures, indicating their great antiquity and the degree of levelling they have undergone over millennia. The complex exemplifies the ceremonial landscape practices of prehistoric Devon, with the cursus and associated features indicating organised communal activity and formal disposal of the dead during the early prehistoric period.
Cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and other associated cropmarks 700m east of Netherexe Barton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014144. View the official record →
Cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and other associated cropmarks 700m east of Netherexe Barton is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex revealed through aerial reconnaissance and cropmark survey in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014144.
Cursus, long mortuary enclosure, ring ditch and other associated cropmarks 700m east of Netherexe Barton 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 1014144.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral (7.5 km), Law Library, Cathedral Yard (7.6 km), Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green (7.7 km).
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