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Five round barrows on Black Hill
Devon
Five round barrows sit scattered across the open moorland of Black Hill, their low earthen mounds still visible despite centuries of erosion and moorland management. These Bronze Age burial monuments, built roughly 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, were raised to mark the graves of people important to their communities. They speak to a time when Dartmoor was more densely settled and used than it is today.
Walking the moor here, you move through a working landscape where prehistoric monuments are threaded among modern patterns of grazing and cultivation. The barrows are modest by archaeological standards, but their presence on this high, exposed ground reflects the Bronze Age peoples' relationship with Dartmoor as a place of significance and home. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument and protected by law.
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