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Four bowl barrows on Langaford Moor is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located on Langaford Moor in Devon, England. The site comprises four burial mounds characteristic of the bowl barrow form, which typically feature a circular earthwork with a central burial deposit beneath a raised dome of earth and stone. Such monuments are among the most common funerary structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across southern England and represent a significant phase in the development of formal burial practice. The four barrows on Langaford Moor contribute to understanding the distribution and nature of prehistoric mortuary activity in the Devon uplands.
Four bowl barrows on Langaford Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016223. View the official record →
Four bowl barrows on Langaford Moor is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located on Langaford Moor in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016223.
Four bowl barrows on Langaford Moor 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 1016223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 540m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (3.1 km), Bowl barrow 770m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (3.2 km), Foxhole Barrow (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Four bowl barrows on Langaford Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Four bowl barrows on Langaford Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.