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Round barrow cemetery 920m south west of Higher Welsford is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. The site comprises a group of round barrows, earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains, typical of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 700 BC. Such barrow cemeteries represent significant concentrations of burial activity and indicate the importance of the locality during prehistory. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a designated archaeological site of national importance.
Round barrow cemetery 920m south west of Higher Welsford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019085. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery 920m south west of Higher Welsford is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019085.
Round barrow cemetery 920m south west of Higher Welsford 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 1019085.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows on Shortstone Moor (4 km), Woolley barrows (4.6 km), Bowl barrow 70m north east of Killarney (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow cemetery 920m south west of Higher Welsford's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round barrow cemetery 920m south west of Higher Welsford stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.