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Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Devon, England. The cemetery comprises multiple round barrows, the characteristic burial monuments of the Bronze Age period, which typically date from around 2200 to 700 BCE. These earthen mounds represent substantial communal or family burial practices and reflect the funerary customs and social structures of prehistoric Devon. The site's survival and designation as a scheduled monument demonstrates its archaeological importance for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary behaviour in the South West Peninsula.
Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017642. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down is a Bronze Age burial site located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017642.
Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down 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 1017642.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (1 km), Two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (1.3 km), Blackbury Castle hillfort (2.5 km).
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