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Rowbarrows is a group of four Bronze Age burial mounds located in Somerset, England, comprising two substantial earthworks known as Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow alongside two smaller cairns. These monuments represent funerary monuments typical of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows and cairns served as burial structures for prominent members of contemporary communities. The site reflects the ceremonial and social practices of Bronze Age peoples in the West Country, with the larger mounds indicating investment in monumental architecture for the dead. The earthworks remain visible features in the Somerset landscape, preserving archaeological evidence of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns.
Group of four barrows and cairns known as 'Rowbarrows' including Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003677. View the official record →
Rowbarrows is a group of four Bronze Age burial mounds located in Somerset, England, comprising two substantial earthworks known as Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow alongside two smaller cairns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003677.
Group of four barrows and cairns known as 'Rowbarrows' including Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow 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 1003677.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Packhorse bridge 60m north east of Royal Oak Farm (7.2 km), Round barrow 720m NNW of Spire Cross (7.4 km), Earthwork enclosure on Winsford Hill, 200m south east of Wambarrows (7.4 km).
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Group of four barrows and cairns known as 'Rowbarrows' including Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.