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Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill is a prehistoric alignment of standing stones located in Devon. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents one of several stone rows characteristic of the wider Five Barrows Hill complex in the region. The row comprises a linear arrangement of stones typical of ceremonial or territorial monuments from this period. Such alignments are thought to have held ritual significance for Bronze Age communities, though their precise function remains subject to scholarly debate.
Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002648. View the official record →
Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill is a prehistoric alignment of standing stones located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002648.
Stone row N of Five Barrows 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 1002648.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'Five Barrows', group of eight barrows (0.7 km), Group of round barrows See also SOMERSET 170 (2.1 km), 'Two Barrows', group of barrows (Hangley Cleave) See also DEVON 894 (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill'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.
Stone row N of Five Barrows Hill stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.