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King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork comprising a central mound with an associated ditch, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium before the present era. Its prominent position on King Tor would have made it a notable landmark within the prehistoric landscape, serving as both a burial place and a territorial marker for the community that built it. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns on Dartmoor.
King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020012. View the official record →
King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020012.
King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down 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 1020012.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holne Chase Castle (9.7 km), Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood (10 km), Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks (10.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down'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.
King's Barrow on King Tor, Hookney Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.