Broadsands Chambered Tomb | |
Map Type: | Devon |
Map Size: | 250px |
Coordinates: | 50.4053°N -3.5593°W |
Gbgridref: | SX 89319 57329 |
Location: | Broadsands |
Region: | Devon |
Excavations: | 1958 |
Archaeologists: | Ralegh Radford |
The Broadsands Chambered Tomb is a Neolithic burial chamber located on a slope overlooking Broadsands Beach in Torbay in Devon, England. It is listed as a Scheduled Monument by English Heritage and was first listed in 1957.
The tomb is currently a part of a hedge bank, situated on hilly farmland between Broadsands Beach and the tracks of the Dartmouth Steam Railway. The tomb comprises a megalithic chamber and has a single entrance passageway. It was originally set within a cairn, part of which survives to the present day. During excavations it was found to contain the fragmentary remains of two adults and a child along with pottery shards from the Neolithic era.