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Eastern White Barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Devon, England. The barrow belongs to the long barrow tradition characteristic of early Neolithic communities in southern Britain, dating to approximately 4000–3000 BCE. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents an important example of funerary architecture from this period, when communal burial practices were central to ritual and social organisation. Its preservation and designation reflect its archaeological significance as evidence of early farming settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in Devon.
Eastern White Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002660. View the official record →
Eastern White Barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002660.
Eastern White Barrow 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 1002660.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (7 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (7.1 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Eastern White Barrow'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.
Eastern White Barrow stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.