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Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney

England
List entry 1018523
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018523
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
SX 49288 97325
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. The site consists of two circular earthen mounds characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a monument type prevalent in southern England during the Bronze Age and possibly earlier periods. Such barrows served as burial structures and would originally have been more prominent landscape features than their current form suggests. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important archaeological survival from prehistoric Devon.

Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018523. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney?

Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018523.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney?

Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney 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 1018523.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bidlake Mill and leat (8.8 km), Leawood Plantation barrow (9.5 km), Motte with two baileys and a multivallate hillfort at Burley Wood (9.9 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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bidlake Mill and leat
8.8 km
Leawood Plantation barrow
9.5 km
Motte with two baileys and a multivallate hillfort at Burley Wood
9.9 km
Round cairn 610m north east of Great Nodden
10.7 km
Round cairn 270m west of Great Nodden
10.8 km
Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
10.9 km
Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 770m NNW of Little Links Tor
10.9 km
Enclosure, two stone hut circles and an alignment of upright stones 780m north west of Little Links Tor
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney

Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows on East Kimber Common 525m north west of Stoney

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.6 miles
Domesday entry for Melbury, Devon →
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