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Row Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in the region. Such monuments are characteristic of the third and second millennia before the present, when burial beneath substantial earthen structures was a widespread custom across southern Britain. The site is recorded as a scheduled monument, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of early settlement patterns and ritual practices in Devon.
Row Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016563. View the official record →
Row Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016563.
Row Barrow 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 1016563.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A ring cairn and bowl barrow 540m NNE of Putts Corner, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Gittisham Hill (9.1 km), A cairn 450m WNW of Putts Corner, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Gittisham Hill (9.3 km), An enclosure and two bowl barrows 180m east of Putts Corner, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Gittisham Hill (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Row Barrow'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.
Row Barrow stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.