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Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm

England
List entry 1019318
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019318
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.8 hectares
Grid reference
SX 59059 49938, SX 58824 49786, SX 58892 49865
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises three distinct bowl barrows, the simplest and most common form of round barrow, which typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial mounds for the cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of some standing within their community. These earthwork monuments represent an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice and settlement patterns in southwest England. The barrows remain visible as earthwork features in the landscape at Creacombe Farm, preserving evidence of prehistoric ceremonial and mortuary tradition.

Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019318. View the official record →

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What is Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm?

Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019318.

Who is responsible for protecting Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm?

Three bowl barrows at Creacombe 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 1019318.

What other scheduled monuments are near Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 140m west of Borough Farm (1.3 km), Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm (1.7 km), The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church (2.2 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three bowl barrows 140m west of Borough Farm
1.3 km
Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm
1.7 km
The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church
2.2 km
Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750m east of Holwell Lodge
3.4 km
Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House
4 km
Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport Camp
4.3 km
Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House
4.5 km
Plympton Castle
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm

Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Creacombe, Devon →
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