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| HER Number: | MDV10058 |
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| Name: | Thorns Cross Farm, Two Barrows |
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Summary
The Thorns site of two prehistoric barrows destroyed by tree planting. No evidence of these features was visible on aerial photographs or lidar derived imagery.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 900 808 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chudleigh |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHUDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SW/7
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX98SW7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV310229.
The Thorns site of two tumuli now destroyed by tree planting. The cairns were 0.5m - 1m high x 2m - 3m wide. Previously flints used for road repairs, and several Roman coins were found in one of the barrows (citing Shortt).
Shortt, W. T. P., Untitled Source, 32-6 (Article in Serial). SDV310233.
Silvester, R. J., 1977, File 32 (Site Visit). SDV310230.
Dumping of large quantities of material adjacent to the A380 close to the cairns at SX896812. Scrambling track laid out in an area centred SX896807. At SX900808, a barrow is probably covered over now. The cairns are 0.5m-1.0m high, and 2.0m-3.0m across. Six of them, forming a linear arrangement; and though the field they are in seems unaffected, some may have been removed. It is also possible that monuments may have been disturbed by the track.
Unknown, 1977, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV310234.
Grinsell, L. V., 1983, The Barrows of South and East Devon, 31 No 15 (Article in Serial). SDV337013.
Grinsell states that a barrow is shown at SX90058055 by the Woolners in 1954.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.
No archaeological evidence of barrows was visible on the aerial photographs or lidar derived imagery available to the survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV310229 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX98SW7. SX98SW. |
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| SDV310230 | Site Visit: Silvester, R. J.. 1977. File 32. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. |
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| SDV310233 | Article in Serial: Shortt, W. T. P.. Antiquities of Exeter and Devon. 2. 32-6. |
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| SDV310234 | Worksheet: Unknown. 1977. |
| SDV337013 | Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1983. The Barrows of South and East Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 41. Paperback Volume. 31 No 15. |
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| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV9287 | Related to: Barrow south-west of Thorns Cross Farm, Chudleigh (Monument) |
| MDV10059 | Related to: Thorns Cross Farm, Roman Coins (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV3561 - File 32
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 18 2019 11:39AM |
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