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Two bowl barrows on Broadbury, located 140 metres and 230 metres south of Oakfield in Devon, are Bronze Age burial monuments dating to the second millennium before Christ. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of prehistoric funerary architecture across southern Britain, consisting of earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed remains and typically surrounded by a ditch. These examples on Broadbury preserve the characteristic rounded profile of their type, though their internal structural details and original contents remain undocumented in accessible records. As part of Devon's Bronze Age ceremonial landscape, they contribute to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the southwest of England.
Two bowl barrows on Broadbury, 140m and 230m south of Oakfield is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017970. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on Broadbury, located 140 metres and 230 metres south of Oakfield in Devon, are Bronze Age burial monuments dating to the second millennium before Christ. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017970.
Two bowl barrows on Broadbury, 140m and 230m south of Oakfield 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 1017970.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte with two baileys and a multivallate hillfort at Burley Wood (8.5 km), Bowl barrow on Galford Down, 200m south west of Westdown Pool (10 km), Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden (10.1 km).
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Two bowl barrows on Broadbury, 140m and 230m south of Oakfield stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.