What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Round barrows on Hingston Down as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Round barrows on Hingston Down are Bronze Age burial mounds, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. They are significant as part of a rare and well-preserved group of barrows in the south-west of England, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
Old Milestone south of MonkscrossMonument or public art · 47 yd
Hingston Down from Kit HillMountain or hill · 104 yd
Old Milestone by the A390, Hingston DownMonument or public art · 583 yd
Kit Hill viewpointMountain or hill · 990 yd
Kit HillMountain / peak · 1007 yd
South Kithill MineRuins · 1116 yd
Kithill CastleListed building · 1124 yd
Wood piles at LuckettForest or wood · 1.5 mi
Battle of Hingston DownMajor battlefield · 1.5 mi
Sylvia's MeadowNature reserve · 1.8 mi
South West Coast PathWalking route · 2.7 mi
Willow sculpture in the Mother Orchard at CothelePublic sculpture · 2.8 mi