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Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Devon, England. The site comprises four distinct burial mounds typical of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as conspicuous markers of elite or community burial sites across the British landscape. The barrows are situated on Muxworthy Ridge, forming part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary activity in Devon's upland regions. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site represents an important surviving example of Bronze Age burial practice and landscape use in the southwest of England.
Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002538. View the official record →
Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002538.
Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge 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 1002538.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows (1.3 km), Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170 (2.7 km), 'Two Barrows', group of barrows (Hangley Cleave) See also DEVON 894 (2.7 km).
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Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.