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Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises four round burial mounds typical of the Bronze Age period, arranged in proximity to an upright stone marker, a configuration common to ceremonial landscapes of the second millennium before Christ. Bowl barrows of this type served as burial monuments for prominent members of Bronze Age communities, whilst standing stones often marked territorial or ritual significance within the wider ritual geography of upland Devon. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and monumental construction on Dartmoor.
Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016656. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual monument complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016656.
Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down 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 1016656.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 140m west of Indicott (3.9 km), North Thorne deserted medieval village (5.3 km), Round barrow cemetery 210m south west of Hillcrest, Centery Lane (5.8 km).
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Four bowl barrows and a standing stone 330m west of Higher Mattocks Down stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.