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Three round barrows E of Grenna Ball is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site consists of three distinct barrows, earthen mounds constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments for members of prehistoric communities. Round barrows of this type typically date from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, representing a significant period of ritual burial practice in southern England. The monument survives as an archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Devon landscape.
Three round barrows E of Grenna Ball is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002547. View the official record →
Three round barrows E of Grenna Ball is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002547.
Three round barrows E of Grenna Ball 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 1002547.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Remains of Longstone Manor House, Wind Strew and associated features (9.5 km), Cist south east of Roughtor Plantation (9.6 km), Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three round barrows E of Grenna Ball's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Three round barrows E of Grenna Ball stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.