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Five barrows and an enclosure on Challacombe Common is a Bronze Age monument complex located on Challacombe Common in Devon. The site comprises five burial mounds of barrow form, characteristic of the Bronze Age period, together with an associated enclosure feature that suggests organised use of the landscape during prehistory. The barrows represent funerary monuments typical of Bronze Age ritual practice, whilst the enclosure indicates a wider Bronze Age settlement or ceremonial context on the common. The survival of these features provides evidence of Bronze Age land use and social organisation in Devon's upland regions.
Five barrows and an enclosure on Challacombe Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002634. View the official record →
Five barrows and an enclosure on Challacombe Common is a Bronze Age monument complex located on Challacombe Common in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002634.
Five barrows and an enclosure on Challacombe Common 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 1002634.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Five Cross Way (5.1 km), Round barrow cemetery 500m east of Little Bray Cross (5.5 km), Round barrow 200ft (60m) NW of Setta Barrow, Bray Common (6.6 km).
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