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Round barrow 1350 yards north of Ridge Gate is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. The monument survives as an earthwork in the landscape and represents the funerary practices characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when prominent individuals and community members were commemorated through the construction of burial mounds across the English countryside. Such round barrows are among the most common prehistoric monuments in Devon and indicate the region's sustained settlement and social organisation during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era. The barrow's survival as a designated heritage monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary custom and territorial markers in the Devon landscape.
Round barrow 1350yds (1234m) N of Ridge Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002561. View the official record →
Round barrow 1350 yards north of Ridge Gate is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002561.
Round barrow 1350yds (1234m) N of Ridge Gate 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 1002561.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m south east of Knightacott Cross (3 km), Two bowl barrows 480m north east of Leworthy Cross, Bratton Down (3.3 km), Smythapark hillfort (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow 1350yds (1234m) N of Ridge Gate'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.
Round barrow 1350yds (1234m) N of Ridge Gate stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.