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Summary

Prehistoric bowl barrow 'C', the most easterly of a small group of three barrows to the west of East Down Cross, part of a wider barrow cemetery on Berry Down. The barrow is depicted as a mound on Ordnance Survey maps from the the late 19th century onwards and is visible as an earthwork mound and soilmark on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019262: Three bowl barrows 470m south west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Berry Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34135
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SE/13
• Old SAM Ref: 34251
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS54SE2

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.

South-eastern of three 'Tumuli' shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1980, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1980 3108-3109 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350276.

An oval earthwork mound is visible.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953 - 1978, SS54SE2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV88567.

Three bowl barrows. Barrow 'C': at SS56844342 (No 10) has a diameter of 15 metres and is 1 metres high.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Barrows of North Devon, 110 (Article in Serial). SDV7849.

Under grass. Diameter 17 paces, height 3 feet.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89114, NMR OS/89114 687-688 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350315.

An oval earthwork mound is visible.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2000, Three Bowl Barrows 470 metres south-west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a Round Barrow Cemetery on Berry Down (Schedule Document). SDV345986.

This monument, which falls into three separate areas of protection includes three bowl barrows situated on a prominent upland ridge known as Berry Down, overlooking the valley of a tributary to the River Yeo. These three barrows form part of a round barrow cemetery, of which seven barrows survive in all. The other barrows in the area which form part of the round barrow cemetery are the subject of separate schedulings. The eastern barrow (03) measures 20.5 metres in diameter by 0.6 metres high and is very stoney in nature, littered with quartz rich rocks and with a slightly hollow top. This mound is surrounded by a buried quarry ditch approximately 3 metres wide.
Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age (circa 2000-700 BC). Other details: Monument 34251.

Exeter Archaeology, 2002, Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down, 5, 16 (Report - Assessment). SDV60793.

Other details: Figure 5, Site 4.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5643 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350196.

A dark circular cropmark is visible.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 34135 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345987.

A group of three Bronze Age barrows, two of which were probably excavated in 1883 and Bronze Age cremation burials found. The eastern barrow 'C' is 20.5 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high and has a central hollow.

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

One of three 'Tumuli' shown on modern mapping to the west of East Down Cross.

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

A probable bowl barrow of Bronze Age on Berry Down is visible on aerial photographs of 1947 to 1989 as a low earthwork and on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in May 2007 as a dark circular cropmark. The earthwork appears to measure approximately 19 metres in across at its widest point and might show evidence of disturbance in the form of a central pit.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV344030	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #100779 ]
SDV345986	Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000. Three Bowl Barrows 470 metres south-west of Berry Down Cross, forming part of a Round Barrow Cemetery on Berry Down. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled.
SDV345987	National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2010. 34135. National Monuments Record Database. Website.
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.
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SDV350196	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5643 03-MAY-2007.
SDV350276	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1980. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1980 3108-3109 11-APR-1947.
SDV350315	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89114. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/89114 687-688 04-MAY-1989.
SDV60793	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2002. Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down. Exeter Archaeology Report. 02.06. A4 Stapled + Digital. 5, 16.
SDV7849	Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1970. The Barrows of North Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 28. A5 Paperback. 110.
SDV88567	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953 - 1978. SS54SE2. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1455 - Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Development at Stowford Farm Meadows, Berry Down
• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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