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Broad Barrow, Devon

Broad Barrow is a Bronze Age round burial cairn on Hamel Down on Dartmoor, Devon. The cairn survives as a circular earth and stone built mound measuring 130 ft in diameter and up to 6 ft high. A boundary stone sits on top of the mound and is marked ‘Broad Burrow’. It is one of a group of five carins on Hamel Down. It is within the council area of Teignbridge (Devon).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003296.


Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Devon
Lat, Long: 50.60446,-3.8303207
Grid Reference: SX705799
Police Area: Devon & Cornwall
Council Area: Teignbridge (Devon)
Civil Parish: Widecombe in the Moor CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 300129
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Broad_Barrow,_Devon_300129

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