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Summary

A circular earthwork mound is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It is tentatively interpreted as a Bronze Age barrow. Alternatively, it could be a post-medieval or modern landscape feature.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• MOUND? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD (Between) to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The mound is situated on the east edge of a plot of furze called 'Banks's Hill'.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

A north-west to south-east orientated trackway is depicted to the immediate south-west of the mound.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

A second trackway is depicted, this time north-east to south-west, the mound being situated to the east side of its crossroads with the earlier track.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The mound is clearly discernible as an earthwork.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1998 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A circular earthwork mound is visible.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

A clearly discernible circular earthwork mound 8m across is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It is situated on a moderate north-east facing slope overlooking the Offwell Brook valley. The mound is on the edge of a large plot of furze recorded as Banks's Hill on the Tithe Map. Trackways are depicted immediately adjacent on the First and Second Edition OS maps, where the surrounding land is depicted as rough pasture. The mound appears to be situated at the crossroads of the trackways. It is clearly visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs dating to the 1940s.
There are no prehistoric records in the immediate landscape, although the plot name of Banks's Hill could indicate the presence of early earthworks (MDV116269). Nothing else of interest was identified in the locale from the lidar data.
The mound is interpreted as a possible Bronze Age barrow. Alternatively, it could be a post-medieval or modern landscape feature positioned to demarcate the crossroads. The feature would benefit from further investigation.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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