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Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner

England
List entry 1002597
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002597
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 57248 59513
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round barrow 950 yards north of Drakeland Corner is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument consists of an earthen mound constructed during the Bronze Age period, representing a funerary practice widespread across southern Britain during the second millennium BC. Such round barrows served as prominent landscape markers and repositories for elite or community burials, often containing inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods. The site's survival and official scheduling as a monument of national importance reflects its value to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Devon landscape.

Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002597. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner?

Round barrow 950 yards north of Drakeland Corner is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002597.

Who is responsible for protecting Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner?

Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner 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 1002597.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plympton Castle (4.7 km), Plympton Priory (4.8 km), Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House (5.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Plympton Castle
4.7 km
Plympton Priory
4.8 km
Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House
5.4 km
Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House
5.7 km
Laira Battery
6.6 km
Laira Emplacement, immediately south west of Laira Battery
6.8 km
The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church
7.8 km
Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner

Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

Domesday entry for Bickford, Devon →
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