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Summary

A round barrow on Gittisham Hill.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014253: A ring cairn and bowl barrow 540m NNE of Putts Corner, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Gittisham Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19NW/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 127B
• Old SAM Ref: 27408

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

KIRWAN, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV105380.

Simple cremation found and four pieces of bronze waste at peristalith (kirwan).

AM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123245.

Estimated -/-/1923(am).

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123255.

Estimated -/-/1995 (ancient monuments) bowl barrow + ring cairn (see subsheet for cairn). Consists of a mound of evenly rounded profile, 21m in diam and c.1m high, which is located 12m to the nw of the ring cairn (see subsheet). There is no evidence that it was surrounded by a ditch.

AM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123256.

Antiquarian investigation in 1869, when a trench was cut from the centre of the mound towards the se, revealed the barrow to be composed of a central mound of earth covered with a layer of stones, and encircled by a kerb of large flints ranging from 30cm-45cm in size. This in turn is covered with a substantial layer of dark soil. Traces of a funeral pyre were found beneath the central mound, and 4 shapeless pieces of bronze, together weighing over 1.5 pounds, were found under part of the kerb. A slight hollow in the se sector of the mound may indicate the location of the excavation trench. The area of ground between the ring cairn and the bowl barrow is included in the scheduled area (am).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123258.

Worth, r. N.(ed) + hutchinson, p. O. /tda/12(1880)126/second report of the barrow committee.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123259.

Fox, a. /pdas/4(1948-1952)17/the broad down (farway) necropolis and the wessex culture in devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123260.

Kirwan, r. /tda/4(1871)642/the prehistoric archaeology of devon, part 4.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123261.

Osa=sy19nw3/plan,photograph.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123262.

Mus=exe a348-351.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123263.

Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/41(1983)36 no 3.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123264.

Pearce, s. /letter(24/9/1975).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123265.

Dcra publication/5(1979)79.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123266.

Simpson, s. J. + noble, s. /archaeological survey and management study of areas on gittisham hill, farway hill, and broad down, east devon/(1993)15/(emafu report 93.38).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

In exeter city museum (os).

Simpson, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18634.

3/11/1992 (simpson + noble) stable. Bracken covered (simpson).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.

4/4/1970 (grinsell) heath excavated. Diameter 21m; height 0.9m (grinsell).

FOX, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV4034.

Estimated -/-/1947(fox) opened in 1869. Similar in appearance to fox no 5, but with peristalith and stone capping to mound (fox).

HUTCHINSON, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96023.

A round barrow on gittisham hill. Fox no 6, hutchinson 28estimated -/-/1879(hutchinson),.

Pearce, S. M., 1979, The Distribution and Production of Bronze Age Metalwork, 139 (Article in Serial). SDV322230.

Fragments of bronze found in a barrow on Gittisham Hill in 1869. Hutchinson No. 28, Fox No. 6.

Pearce, S. M., 1983, The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain, 442 (Monograph). SDV341822.

Four shapeless fragments of metal, probably originally parts of a copper cake. Found in 1869 under the kerb stone of a barrow at the northern extremity of the group.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, 17, Part 1; 131-132, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 313 (Report - Survey). SDV101648.

Barrow. Flat topped grass covered mound circa 20 metres diameter by 1 metre high with hollows of former disturbance on top. No evidence of ditch. Partially excavated in 1869. Pieces of bronze or copper were recovered. On east side of mound is small area of recent disturbance 1 metre by 1.5 metre by 0.25 metre deep. May represent animal erosion of an existing hollow (cattle hoof prints visible). The barrow and adjacent ringcairn (site 314), and the ground between them, form a SAM.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 313 (Archive - Survey). SDV358490.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 313 (Report - Survey). SDV359019.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2496 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Mound 21 metres by 1 metre high. Scheduled Monument.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 91 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems. Declining. Principal vulnerability scrub/tree growth.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV3448 - METAL OBJECT (LANEBA to Unknown - 2200 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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