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Two long mortuary enclosures is a Neolithic monument located approximately 570 metres east and 590 metres east-northeast of Sandford Barton in Devon. These rectangular enclosures are characteristic of the Early Neolithic period and represent a form of communal burial and ceremonial structure typical of fourth-millennium BC Britain. The enclosures are defined by banks or ditches that would have served to demarcate the mortuary spaces, which functioned as venues for ritual activity and the disposal of the dead during a formative period of British prehistory. Such monuments testify to the development of agricultural societies and their associated ritual practices in the southwest of England during the early post-glacial period.
Two long mortuary enclosures 570m east and 590m ENE of Sandford Barton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020072. View the official record →
Two long mortuary enclosures is a Neolithic monument located approximately 570 metres east and 590 metres east-northeast of Sandford Barton in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020072.
Two long mortuary enclosures 570m east and 590m ENE of Sandford Barton 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 1020072.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman forts, marching camps and associated monuments (3.5 km), Hillerton Cross (4.1 km), Wayside cross 225m north east of Scarhill Cross (7.6 km).
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