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Round barrow on Darracott Moor is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. The monument represents a typical example of prehistoric funerary architecture from the second millennium before Christ, a period when such earthen mounds were constructed across southern Britain to commemorate and contain the dead. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork on the moor, preserving evidence of Bronze Age ritual practice and settlement patterns in the region. Such monuments are important archaeological indicators of Bronze Age social organisation and land use in Devon's upland areas.
Round barrow on Darracott Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012445. View the official record →
Round barrow on Darracott Moor is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012445.
Round barrow on Darracott Moor 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 1012445.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow to the east of Darracott Moor, crossed by the B3232 (0.2 km), Two bowl barrows south of Haycroft, Huntshaw (0.2 km), Bowl barrow on south eastern side of Darracott Moor, 750m WSW of Belle Vue Lodge (0.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Darracott Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow on Darracott Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.