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| HER Number: | MDV129790 |
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| Name: | Mounds, possibly barrows, in East Gorvin Plantation, Hartland |
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Summary
Three roughly circular earthwork mounds, visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2013, and on aerial photographs taken from 2010 onwards, are tentatively interpreted as Bronze Age barrows.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 296 196 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS21NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hartland |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARTLAND |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Plots 4061 and 4062 are recorded as in use for arable and coarse pasture.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
This area is depicted as conifer plantation.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.
Three earthwork mounds are visible.
Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 21-APR-2010 ACCESSED 19-JAN-2021; EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 23-SEP-2017 ACCESSED 19-JAN-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.
Three earthwork mounds are visible an area of cleared ground on images taken in 2010, but by 2017 the land immediatey surrounding the mounds had been densely planted with trees.
Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.
Three roughly circular earthwork mounds, the largest of which is 16 metres across at its maximum extent, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2013. They are located on a north-east facing slope 250 metres east of high ground and a Bronze Age barrow at Gorvin Cross. The ground surface is obscured by tree cover in many of the historic aerial photographs, but they are clearly visible on aerial photographs taken in 2010 when the land had been cleared. Subsequent replanting appears to have avoided the mounds. Their location is consistent with an interpretation as Bronze Age barrows, though it is possible that they are modern features.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV363088 | Aerial Photograph: Google. 2019. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 21-APR-2010 ACCESSED 19-JAN-2021; EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 23-SEP-2017 ACCESSED 19-JAN-2021. |
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| SDV363955 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Digital. LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. [Mapped feature: #128430 ] |
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| SDV364011 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2020-2021. Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project). Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 26 2021 3:21PM |
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