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Round barrow cemetery on Shapwick Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Devon. The site comprises multiple round barrows dating to the Bronze Age period, representing a significant concentration of burial mounds that reflects the ritual and settlement patterns of prehistoric communities in the region. The barrows are distributed across the hilltop landscape, which would have been a prominent location for ceremonial burial practices during the second millennium BCE. Such barrow cemeteries are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary traditions in south-western England and provide archaeological evidence for understanding social organisation and burial customs of the period.
Round barrow cemetery on Shapwick Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018852. View the official record →
Round barrow cemetery on Shapwick Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018852.
Round barrow cemetery on Shapwick Hill 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 1018852.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa 300yds (270m) SSW of Holcombe Farm (1.2 km), Musbury Castle (2.4 km), Trinity Beacon (2.5 km).
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