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Four bowl barrows at Bickleigh Brake is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 540 metres south-west of Bickleigh in Devon. The site consists of four round barrows arranged as part of a linear cemetery, a common Bronze Age funerary practice in which multiple burial mounds were constructed in alignment across the landscape. Bowl barrows represent the most basic and widespread form of round barrow, characterised by a circular earthen mound raised over a central burial. The monument is evidence of sustained use of this location for ritual burial practices during the Bronze Age and contributes to the archaeological understanding of funerary landscapes in south-western Britain.
Four bowl barrows at Bickleigh Brake 540m south west of Bickleigh, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019238. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows at Bickleigh Brake is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 540 metres south-west of Bickleigh in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019238.
Four bowl barrows at Bickleigh Brake 540m south west of Bickleigh, forming part of a linear 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 1019238.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort and two bowl barrows at Halwell Camp (0.4 km), Churchyard cross, 5m south of the porch of St Leonard's Church (0.8 km), Round barrow cemetery known as Ritson Barrows, 420m north east of Stanborough Camp (1.8 km).
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Four bowl barrows at Bickleigh Brake 540m south west of Bickleigh, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.