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Three bowl barrows 250m south east of Gibbet Moor Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site comprises three separate burial mounds of the type commonly constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as prominent markers for elite or community burials across the landscape. The barrows form part of the broader distribution of Bronze Age monumental architecture across Devon's moorland regions, reflecting patterns of settlement and ritual practice during the second millennium BC. The monument retains archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial custom and the organisation of Bronze Age communities in the South West of England.
Three bowl barrows 250m south east of Gibbet Moor Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017134. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 250m south east of Gibbet Moor Cross is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017134.
Three bowl barrows 250m south east of Gibbet Moor Cross 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 1017134.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 300m north west of Witheridge Moor Cross (west) (3.2 km), Bowl barrow 610m south east of Elworthy Cross (3.4 km), Bowl barrow 225m south east of Elworthy Cross (3.7 km).
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Three bowl barrows 250m south east of Gibbet Moor Cross stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.