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White Barrow is a round cairn located in Devon, England, dating to the Bronze Age. The monument consists of a circular mound constructed from stone and earth, typical of burial practices employed during the second millennium BCE. As a round cairn, it represents an important category of funerary monument characteristic of prehistoric Devon and the broader Southwest Peninsula. The site's survival and documented status on the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological value as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary traditions and settlement patterns in the region.
White Barrow round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007896. View the official record →
White Barrow is a round cairn located in Devon, England, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007896.
White Barrow round cairn 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 1007896.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 190m east of Cross Gate (9.8 km), Wayside cross 75m south east of Cross Gate (9.8 km), An enclosure containing one stone hut circle 460m west of Cross Gate (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of White Barrow round cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
White Barrow round cairn stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.