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Two round barrows near Warcombe Water is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises two distinct burial mounds that form part of the extensive barrow landscape characteristic of the Devonian uplands during the second millennium BCE. These earthworks represent the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities, who constructed such monuments to commemorate their dead and mark territorial or ancestral significance. The barrows' survival to the present day provides archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in south-west England.
Two round barrows near Warcombe Water is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003299. View the official record →
Two round barrows near Warcombe Water is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003299.
Two round barrows near Warcombe Water 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 1003299.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 200ft (60m) NW of Setta Barrow, Bray Common (6.3 km), Setta Barrow and three round barrows to the south (6.3 km), Four round barrows on Muxworthy Ridge (6.8 km).
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Two round barrows near Warcombe Water stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.