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Summary

One of several probable Bronze Age barrows at Hore Down Gate is visible as a pale soilmark on aerial photographs taken in 1992, and as an earthwork mound on aerial photographs between 1947 and 2000. The site is vulnerable to ploughing and the soilmark was probably caused by an episode of deeper ploughing.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SW/33

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.

Vis=14/4/1968 (grinsell, l. V. ) barrow west of hore down gate. Diameter: 22 paces, height: 1 1/2 feet.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV67226.

Grinsell, l. V. /28(1970)129/the barrows of north devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV67227.

Osa=ss 54 sw 13.

Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3066-3067 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.

A circular mound is visible as an earthwork. Map object partly based on this source.

Geonex UK, 1992, 158/92, DCC Geonix/158/92 267-268 15-OCT-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349989.

A roughly circular pale cropmark is visible.

Geonex UK, 1992, 52/92, DCC Geonix/52/92 015-016 19-MAY-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350550.

A roughly circular pale cropmark is visible.

GetMapping, 2000, DCC GM/200/034, DCC GM/200/034 0005-0006 18-JUN-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350583.

A circular mound is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A mound is visible as a pale soilmark, roughly 18 metres in diameter, on aerial photographs taken in May and October 1992. It is adjacent to the hedgebank and likely to be the Bronze Age barrow recorded as an earthwork by Grinsell in 1968. An earthwork mound is just visible on aerial photographs between 1947 and 2000. It is likely that the soilmark was created by the material of the mound being cut into and brought to the surface during an episode of deeper ploughing. It is likely that an earthwork survives in this location, although both above and below ground remains are vulnerable to destruction from continued agricultural activity.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1004	Migrated Record:
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349989	Aerial Photograph: Geonex UK. 1992. 158/92. Geonex Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC Geonix/158/92 267-268 15-OCT-1992.
SDV350392	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 19/05/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3066-3067 19-MAY-1947.
SDV350550	Aerial Photograph: Geonex UK. 1992. 52/92. Geonex Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC Geonix/52/92 015-016 19-MAY-1992. [Mapped feature: #100769 ]
SDV350583	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2000. DCC GM/200/034. Getmapping. Photograph (Paper). DCC GM/200/034 0005-0006 18-JUN-2000.
SDV67226	Migrated Record:
SDV67227	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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