Tumulus

United Kingdom / England / Bude-Stratton /
 barrow/tumulus/burial mound, scheduled ancient monument
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This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

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The monument, which falls into three areas of protection, includes three bowl barrows, situated on a ridge, overlooking the sources of several tributaries to the River Ottery. The barrows survive as circular mounds, surrounded by buried quarry ditches, from which the construction material was derived. The southern mound measures 21.5m in diameter and 0.4m high with its ditch discernible as a crop mark. The central mound measures 36.7m in diameter and 1m high, and the northern mound is 34.5m in diameter and 1.3m high.
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Coordinates:   50°43'3"N   4°34'59"W
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