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Monument Number 188795

Hob Uid: 188795
Location :
Devon
East Devon
Buckerell
Grid Ref : ST1274001490
Summary : Bushy Knap and Buckerell Knap were formerly thought to be barrows and the ridge between them to have been fortified through artificial scarping. Recent fieldwork indicates that there are no earthworks of any antiquity in this area and that the few earthworks which do exist are probably the result of quarrying.
More information : (ST 12740149) Buckerell Knap (NAT)

(ST 13150108) Bushy Knap (NAT). (1)

Buckerell Knap and Bushey Knap were thought by Hutchinson and his fellow antiquarian, N.S. Heineken, to have been barrows and the whole ridge fortifield by artificial scarping. In June 1859 Hutchinson drew his first plan (2) and his description was followed by J.C. Wall in 1906, but it differs from the details recorded by Heineken at the same time. In 1871 he made an amended plan for his History of Sidmouth, but in 1882 published a plan in agreement with Heineken's original description.

In this description Buckerell Knap is said to have at its north
end a large oval mound 200 feet in diameter; a rhomboidal mound 130 feet in diameter, trenched all round, to the south of it; and a ditch south of that across the whole width of the narrowest part of the ridge. The mound on Bushy Knap was 230 feet in diameter and 13 feet high. All the mounds have been excavated at their centres. In the middle of the field to the north of Buckerell Knap they found in 1874 some stones which might have been another barrow and, on the west side of the ridge, some prominent banks above a scythe-stone quarry. Described by Kirwan as being five large bell-barrows. (2-6)

The only artificial works on Buckerell Knap are certain very
slight banks and ditches of uncertain purpose, though some are probably field banks. There is nothing here to suggest a camp and any scarping has been due to natural causes. (7)

There is no evidence of antiquity on Buckerell Knap or Bushey Knap and any scarping may be associated with quarrying at ST 13200104 and surface quarrying along the ridge. The mound at Buckerell Knap, apparently natural, has two ditches south of it 30.0m in length which are probably old boundary ditches (See Illustration Card). (8)

No change to previous field report. (9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1906
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Source details : (P O Hutchinson)
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Vol(s) : 18 - 1862
Source Number : 9
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Source details : F2 JWS 03-OCT-75
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Source details : (J C Wall)
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Vol(s) : 1906
Source Number : 4
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Source details : (P O Hutchinson)
Page(s) : 520-2
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Vol(s) : 14 - 1882
Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Ms History of Sidmouth in Exeter Library
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Source Number : 4b
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Source details : N S Heineken's Diary
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Source details : (R Kirwan)
Page(s) : 496
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Vol(s) : 3 - 1869
Source Number : 6
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Source details : (R Kirwan)
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Vol(s) : 29 - 1872
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Source details : (C A Ralegh-Radford)
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Vol(s) : 59 - 1927
Source Number : 8
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Source details : F1 NVQ 27-NOV-53
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Uncertain
Display Date : Undated
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Monument Start Date :
Monument Type : Quarry, Natural Feature
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 10 SW 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-11-27
End Date : 1953-11-27
Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-10-03
End Date : 1975-10-03