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Four barrows 470m south west of Hope Cove is a round barrow cemetery situated in Devon, England, comprising four separate burial mounds positioned within the Bronze Age landscape. The barrows form part of a wider distribution of funerary monuments characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as markers for high-status burials and territorial foci across the South West of England. The cemetery's location and composition reflect the settlement and burial practices of prehistoric communities in this coastal region. The site remains significant as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and the sacred geography of the Devon uplands.
Four barrows 470m south west of Hope Cove, forming part of a round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019785. View the official record →
Four barrows 470m south west of Hope Cove is a round barrow cemetery situated in Devon, England, comprising four separate burial mounds positioned within the Bronze Age landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019785.
Four barrows 470m south west of Hope Cove, forming part of a round barrow cemetery 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 1019785.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Five round barrows 570m south of Hope Cove, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (0.3 km), Iron Age cliff castle known as Bolt Tail Camp (0.4 km), Two hut circles and associated field systems and enclosure at Mousehill Brake (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Four barrows 470m south west of Hope Cove, forming part of a round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Four barrows 470m south west of Hope Cove, forming part of a round barrow cemetery stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is hornblende schist.