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Two bowl barrows 550m north of Challacombe Cross is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located on Horridge Moor in Devon. The site comprises two round barrows of bowl type, which form part of a larger barrow cemetery scattered across the moorland landscape. Bowl barrows represent a common form of burial monument dating to the third and second millennia before the present, characterised by a simple earthen mound without internal stone structures. The barrows on Horridge Moor are situated within an archaeological landscape rich in prehistoric burial activity, typical of Dartmoor's upland regions where such monuments survive as substantial physical and cultural records of early British funerary practices.
Two bowl barrows 550m north of Challacombe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015956. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows 550m north of Challacombe Cross is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located on Horridge Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015956.
Two bowl barrows 550m north of Challacombe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor 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 1015956.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 590m north west of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.5 km), A bowl barrow and ring ditch 700m WNW of Challacombe Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.6 km), Bowl barrow 530m north of Parsonage, forming part of a bowl barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor (0.7 km).
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Two bowl barrows 550m north of Challacombe Cross forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horridge Moor stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.