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| HER Number: | MDV105273 |
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| Name: | Possible Barrow on Sugarloaf Hill |
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Summary
A mound, visible on aerial photographs from 1950, has been variously interpreted as a bowl barrow and a natural feature in the past. Lidar data captured in 2006 would appear to confirm the former interpretation, but is not conclusive.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 892 584 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85NE |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PAIGNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 445916
- Torbay HER: MTO10891
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOWL BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF/58/2549, NMR SX8958/11 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0092 27-AUG-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351446.
A mound is visible with a possible dark curvilinear cropmark around the perimeter.
Channel Coast Observatory, 2001-2012, Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography, Channel Coastal Observatory SX8958_20120918ortho.ecw 18-SEP-2012 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351226.
The area appears to have scrubbed up, obscuring the mound.
Environment Agency, 2006, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS9063 Environment Agency D0062321 22-APR-2006 (Cartographic). SDV352558.
A roughly circular mound with slight surrounding ditch is visible as an earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A mound is visible on Sugarloaf Hill on aerial photographs from 1950 and on images derived from Lidar data captured in 2006. It has been variously interpreted as a bowl barrow and a natural feature in the past, and Lidar data would appear to confirm the former interpretation, as it appears to show a roughly circular mound of circa 8 metres in diameter surrounded by a slight depression of approximately 2 metres in width. A curvilinear band of darker grass visible in roughly this location on the 1958 aerial photographs could perhaps have formed over a buried ditch. However this is by no means definitive and further work may help to ascertain the true nature of this feature.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351146 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV351226 | Aerial Photograph: Channel Coast Observatory. 2001-2012. Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography. Channel Coast Observatory. Digital. Channel Coastal Observatory SX8958_20120918ortho.ecw 18-SEP-2012. |
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| SDV351446 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF/58/2549. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX8958/11 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0092 27-AUG-1958. |
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| SDV352558 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2006. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS9063 Environment Agency D0062321 22-APR-2006. [Mapped feature: #64731 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 30 2014 3:46PM |
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