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Monument Number 35115
Hob Uid: 35115
Location : Devon North Devon Brendon and Countisbury
Grid Ref : SS7531045610
Summary : A heather and turf-covered Bronze Age round barrow on Farley Hill, Bendon parish, can be seen on aerial photographs.
More information : (SS 75324561) Tumulus (NR) (1) Farley Hill. A bowl barrow 8 paces in diameter and 2 ft high, hollow in centre. Visited 1961. (2) A mutilated heather covered bowl barrow, 8.5m in diameter, and up to 0.6m high on southern downhill side. There is no trace of a ditch. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3) A barrow centred at SS 75324561 on south-facing slopes of Farley Hill. The feature is 9m in diameter and is 0.7m high on the downslope and 0.3m on the upslope. The site lies on open moorland, and is covered with heather and turf; some surface stone is visible. (4) A round barrow, probably a bowl barrow as described by authority 2, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs centred on circa TM 75324561, Brendon parish. On the available aerial photographs the earthwork appears slightly ovoid in shape but is on average 8 metres in diameter; the variation in size from that noted by authority 4 is probably due to the barrow being partially obscured by vegetation. (5-6)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Source details : OS 6" 1962
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Source Number : 2
Source : Devon Archaeological Society proceedings
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Vol(s) : 28 (1970)

Source Number : 3
Source : Field Investigators Comments
Source details : F1 JWS 02-OCT-74
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Source Number : 4
Source : VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION
Source details : Wilson-North WR 21-DEC-1993 RCHME Field Investigation
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Source Number : 5
Source : Vertical aerial photograph reference number
Source details : RAF 540/931 (F20) 4029-4030 08-NOV-1952
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Source Number : 6
Source : Vertical aerial photograph reference number
Source details : NMR OS/95026 077-8 21-MAR-1995
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DV 635
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Devonshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 663
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SS 74 NE 5
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities : Primary, FIELD OBSERVATION ON SS 74 NE 5
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-10-02
End Date : 1974-10-02

Associated Activities : Primary, RCHME: WEST EXMOOR PROJECT
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Associated Activities : Primary, ENGLISH HERITAGE: EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK NMP
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-04-01
End Date : 2009-07-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 35115