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Three bowl barrows to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises three distinct bowl barrows, the most basic form of round barrow, which formed part of a larger ceremonial landscape used for mortuary purposes during the Bronze Age. Bowl barrows are characterised by a simple hemispherical or domed mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial or burials, often accompanied by a shallow surrounding ditch. This barrow cemetery on Farway Hill exemplifies the concentration of funerary monuments typical of Bronze Age settlement patterns in south-west England, where multiple barrows clustered together served the burial needs of local communities over an extended period.
Three bowl barrows to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010276. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010276.
Three bowl barrows to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill 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 1010276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on the parish boundary to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (0.4 km), Two bowl barrows to the north west of Roncombe Gate Farm, forming part of a dispersed barrow group on Farway Hill (0.7 km), Round barrow cemetery on Broad Down (1.6 km).
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Three bowl barrows to the south west of the B3174, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.