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| HER Number: | MDV103207 |
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| Name: | Possible Bowl Barrow on Berry Down. |
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Summary
An oval cropmark on Berry Down visible on aerial photographs of July 1946 might be evidence of a small Bowl Barrow of Bronze Age date. The cropmark is not visible on the later aerial photographs available to the survey.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 569 442 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Berrynarbor |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BERRYNARBOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOWL BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 3047-3048 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.
An oval cropmark roughly 15 to 20 metres in diameter is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
An oval cropmark roughly 15 to 20 metres in diameter is visible on aerial photographs of July 1946 on the western tip of the summit of Berry Down. It has been interpreted as possible evidence of a small Bowl Barrow of Bronze Age date. Bowl barrows of similar and larger size have been recorded forming a barrow cemetery to the south and east on Berry Down. This cropmark could indicate an outlier of this cemetery. The cropmark is not visible on the later aerial photographs available to the survey and this site would benefit from further investigation.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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| SDV349996 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1655. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 3047-3048 11-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #62694 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 16 2012 12:08PM |
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