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Hameldown Beacon is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Hameldown Moor in Devon, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork mound typical of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as communal or elite burial monuments across the English landscape. The barrow's position on high moorland is characteristic of Bronze Age funerary sites in the Southwest, which often occupy prominent topographical locations. As a scheduled ancient monument, Hameldown Beacon remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the region.
Hameldown Beacon barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003284. View the official record →
Hameldown Beacon is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Hameldown Moor in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003284.
Hameldown Beacon barrow 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 1003284.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (8.7 km), Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam (8.8 km), Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (8.8 km).
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