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Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the round barrow cemetery situated on Berry Down in Devon. The three barrows are typical examples of bowl barrow form, characterised by their simple hemispherical mounds constructed over burial deposits. They date to the Bronze Age period and represent part of a wider landscape of funerary monuments that reflects the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in south west England. As part of the larger barrow cemetery on Berry Down, these monuments contribute to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in Devon.
Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019262. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the round barrow cemetery situated on Berry Down in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019262.
Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down 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 1019262.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 470m south east of Smythen Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down (0.2 km), Two bowl barrows 170m west and 200m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down (0.3 km), Bowl barrow 420m east of Smythen Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down (0.4 km).
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Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.