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Thorn Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Highermoor Plantations near Coop in Devon. The monument survives as an earthwork mound typical of funerary monuments from the Bronze Age period, which flourished across the upland regions of south-western England during the second millennium BC. Such barrows served as burial places for individuals of status within prehistoric communities, and their distribution across the landscape provides evidence of settlement patterns and territorial organisation in ancient Devon. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled monument, reflecting its archaeological significance as a surviving example of Bronze Age mortuary practice.
Thorn Barrow 520m south east of Coop, in Highermoor Plantations is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017144. View the official record →
Thorn Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Highermoor Plantations near Coop in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017144.
Thorn Barrow 520m south east of Coop, in Highermoor Plantations 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 1017144.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Foxhole Barrow (1.4 km), Bowl barrow 620m north of Higher Eworthy (2.6 km), Bowl barrow 375m north east of Higher Eworthy (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Thorn Barrow 520m south east of Coop, in Highermoor Plantations'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.
Thorn Barrow 520m south east of Coop, in Highermoor Plantations stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.