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Leawood Plantation barrow

England
List entry 1002509
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002509
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SX 51481 88087
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Leawood Plantation barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents the funerary practices of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as prominent landscape features marking the graves of significant individuals or families. The barrow's survival within a plantation setting has preserved its archaeological character, contributing to the broader distribution of Bronze Age burial monuments across Devon's landscape.

Leawood Plantation barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002509. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Leawood Plantation barrow?

Leawood Plantation barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002509.

Who is responsible for protecting Leawood Plantation barrow?

Leawood Plantation 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 1002509.

What other scheduled monuments are near Leawood Plantation barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Tor camp, Cudlipptown Down (9.8 km), Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor (9.8 km), Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor (9.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

White Tor camp, Cudlipptown Down
9.8 km
Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor
9.8 km
Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor
9.9 km
Long cairn 350m east of White Tor summit
9.9 km
Cairn 410m south-west of White Tor summit
10.1 km
Three round cairns 310m south of White Tor summit
10.1 km
Pillow mound on Langstone Moor, 870m south east of White Tor
10.5 km
Two concentric stone circles on Langstone Moor
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Leawood Plantation barrow

Leawood Plantation barrow stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Fernworthy, Devon →
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