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Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises multiple round barrows, which represent the characteristic funerary practice of the Bronze Age period, typically dating between approximately 2200 and 700 BC. These earthen mounds served as burial monuments for prominent members of Bronze Age communities and would have contained inhumations or cremations, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the period. The cemetery's survival as a scheduled monument demonstrates its archaeological importance in understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in Devon.
Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017140. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017140.
Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton 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 1017140.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp on Mockham Down (1.9 km), Camp S of Birch Ham Wood (2 km), Round barrow cemetery 500m east of Little Bray Cross (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.