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Seven Lords' Lands is a Neolithic round barrow located in Devon, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and is representative of the funerary monuments constructed during the Neolithic period, when such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites. The barrow's name, typical of many Devon monuments, reflects local tradition and folklore. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Neolithic burial practices and settlement patterns in the South West of England.
Seven Lords' Lands round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003302. View the official record →
Seven Lords' Lands is a Neolithic round barrow located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003302.
Seven Lords' Lands round 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 1003302.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (7.9 km), Hembury Castle (7.9 km), Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Seven Lords' Lands round 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.
Seven Lords' Lands round barrow stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.