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Kentisbury round barrows and camp is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Devon, England, comprising a series of burial mounds and associated earthwork fortifications. The site contains multiple round barrows typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, reflecting the ritual and social structures of prehistoric communities in the region. The camp element suggests later prehistoric or Iron Age occupation and defensive activity on the same location, indicating the site's continued significance across several centuries of prehistory. The combination of burial monuments with settlement or defensive features demonstrates the long-term importance of this elevated location in north Devon.
Kentisbury round barrows and camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003870. View the official record →
Kentisbury round barrows and camp is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Devon, England, comprising a series of burial mounds and associated earthwork fortifications. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003870.
Kentisbury round barrows and camp 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 1003870.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m south east of Knightacott Cross (4.5 km), Kipscombe bowl barrow (4.9 km), Two bowl barrows 480m north east of Leworthy Cross, Bratton Down (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kentisbury round barrows and camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kentisbury round barrows and camp stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.