Scheduled MonumentsEnglandThree bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm

Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm

England
List entry 1017130
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017130
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.24 hectares
Grid reference
SS 66006 41641, SS 66104 41572
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site comprises three separate burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as prominent markers for elite or community burials within the landscape. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of prehistoric burial monument in southern Britain, typically constructed as low, rounded mounds of earth and stone covering central grave pits. The positioning of these three barrows in close proximity suggests they may have formed part of a larger funerary landscape and ritual complex in the Bronze Age.

Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017130. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm?

Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017130.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm?

Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm 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 1017130.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m south east of Knightacott Cross (2.3 km), Two bowl barrows 480m north east of Leworthy Cross, Bratton Down (2.6 km), Smythapark hillfort (4 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm

Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.