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Round barrow on Rowley Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. The barrow survives as an earthen mound and forms part of the wider barrow cemetery on Rowley Down, which represents an important concentration of funerary monuments from the early second millennium BC. Such barrows typically served as communal or individual burial places and often contained cremated or inhumed human remains, frequently accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and material culture of the period. The monument contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Devon landscape during the early to mid-Bronze Age period.
Round barrow on Rowley Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002562. View the official record →
Round barrow on Rowley Down is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002562.
Round barrow on Rowley 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 1002562.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Smythapark hillfort (5.6 km), Round barrow cemetery 500m east of Little Bray Cross (5.8 km), Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Five Cross Way (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Rowley Down'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 Rowley Down stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.