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Five Barrows is a group of eight Bronze Age burial mounds located in Devon, England. The barrows are distributed across the landscape and represent a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the later Bronze Age period. These earthworks demonstrate the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities, with their positioning suggesting organized use of the landscape for ceremonial purposes. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and social organization in south-western England.
'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003183. View the official record →
Five Barrows is a group of eight Bronze Age burial mounds located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003183.
'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows 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 1003183.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill (0.7 km), Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge (1.3 km), Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170 (1.4 km).
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