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Summary

One of three bowl barrows in a linear grouping to the south-west of Sandymoor cross, part of a round barrow cemetery. Partially cut by a ditched hedge bank and the road

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020076: Three bowl barrows 350m south east of Sandymoor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• SHINE: Prehistoric bowl barrow north-east of Little Swingdon Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX39NE/7
• Old SAM Ref: 34265.02
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX39NE 8

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950 - 1951, SX39NE7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343673.

Visited on 15th March 1951. An earthen mound 25 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres in height. No signs of ditch. The feature is very much ploughed down and has been spoiled to the south by the erection of a field wall.
Visited on 3rd May 1951. Appears to be the remains of a bowl type barrow. There are no traces of a berm.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 109 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Visited on 27th May 1969. Grass. Diameter 16 paces, 6 inches high.

Department of Environment, 1971, Five Round Barrows Near Sandy Moor Cross (Schedule Document). SDV343651.

Map object based on this Source.

Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology, 1979 - 1981, North Devon Barrow Survey, DCRA ND67 (Archive - Survey). SDV341310.

Visited on 21st September 1979. Diameter 17.1 metres, height 0.44 metres. Very badly damaged. Ploughed. Recently reduced by hedge on south. Will not suffer much more ploughing before complete disappearance. Very indistinct already. No sign of ditch. In grass field.

Weston, S., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV342456.

Bayer, O. J., 1996, Barrows in the Torridge District of North West Devon: A Study in Distribution and Location, Ashwater 9 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV319515.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2002, Three Bowl Barrows 350 Metres South-west of Sandymoor Cross, Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343671.

The central one of three bowl barrows located on a high upland ridge overlooking the valleys of tributaries to Henford Water. The three barrow mounds vary in diameter between 31.2 metres and 9.6 metres, and in height between 0.8 metres and 0.6 metres. They are arranged in a linear grouping which lies on a north-east to south-west alignment. Each barrow mound is surrounded by a quarry ditch from which material was derived during its construction. These ditches are no longer visible but survive as approximately 3 metres wide buried features. The central barrow of the group has been partially cut by a ditched hedge bank and the road. The field boundaries which cross these barrows, together with stock proof fences, are excluded Other details: Map. Map object based on this Source.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Tumulus marked. Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4415 - Devon Barrow Survey

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