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Summary

Prehistoric bowl barrow to the east of Friendship Farm with one almost adjoining to the south-west and another to the north-west

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two prehistoric barrows east of Friendship Farm, part of group of four barrows
• Scheduled Monument 1017130: Three bowl barrows 170m and 270m east of Friendship Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34706
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS64SE/36
• Old SAM County Ref: 625
• Old SAM Ref: 32227
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS64SE12

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Southern of two 'Tumuli' shown on 19th century map.

Ministry of Public Building and Works, 1968, Two Round Barrows 650 yards north of Ridge Gate (Schedule Document). SDV345895.

Two round barrows 650 yards north of Ridge Gate. Barrow (b) in pasture with diameter 48 feet (14.63 metres) and height 2 foot 6 inches (0.76 metres). Other details: Monument 625.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 112 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Diameter 14 paces, height 3 feet.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1972, SS64SE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345897.

Barrow 2 is 14 metres diameter and 0.5 metres high in grazing land. Other details: Barrow 2.

Weston, S., 1982, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345909.

Site visited on 22nd November 1981. Owner says that the field was ploughed during the last war, but is not ploughed now. He once allowed a 'university group' to excavate one of the barrows in this field.

Weston, S., 1982, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV345910.

Timms, S. C., 1982, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345911.

Site visited 9th March 1982. Barrow survives as low mound in pasture. Appears to have been reduced since 1969. Hedge running north shown on os map has been removed. Mound has straight east edge caused by hedge removal/ploughing. New rutted track to air shaft (to east of mound) is cutting very close to north side of barrow.

1982, Untitled Source, 4-5,7 (Photograph). SDV345912.

Delve, K., 1983, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV345915.

Excavation of barrow at Easter in 1975 was terminated after one week's work. West half of barrow was stripped of turf but stone structure was not disturbed. Some flint found. Barrow reinstated. Other details: Sketch Plan.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Three Bowl barrows 170 metres and 270 metres east of Friendship Farm (Schedule Document). SDV345896.

Three bowl barrows 170 metres and 270 metres east of Friendship Farm. This monument falls into two areas and includes three bowl barrows in an elevated upland location overlooking the valley of a tributary to the River Bray. All survive as circular mounds of differing diameters, and for each the surrounding quarry ditch from which the material to construct the mound was derived is preserved as a buried feature. The central mound is 12.7 metres in diameter, 0.6 metres high and the surrounding ditch is approximately 2 metres wide. Bowl barrows are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age. These barrows survive comparatively well, despite reduction in their heights through cultivation, and will contain both archaeological and environmental information relating to the construction and use of the monument and the nature of the surrounding landscape in the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age period. Other details: Monument 32227.

Whitton, C. J. M., 2000, Archaeological Recording on the SWW Lynton Water Supply Pipeline, 4 (Report - non-specific). SDV336286.

Nicholas Pearson Associates, 2000, South West Water Lynton Water Supply: Environmental Report, 63 (Report - Survey). SDV323788.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34705 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345914.

Three Bronze Age bowl barrows in an elevated upland position overlooking the valley of a tributary to the River Bray. All survive as circular mounds of differing diameters, and for each the surrounding quarry ditch is preserved as a buried feature. They are located in an area which has been greatly disturbed by apparent industrial activity, and it is not clear how much the barrows have been damaged by this activity. The central mound is 12.7 metres in diameter, 0.6 metres high and the surrounding ditch is 2 metres wide.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

One of two 'Tumuli' shown on modern mapping to the east of Friendship Farm.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 101 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Condition and trend unknown. Primary vulnerability arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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