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Summary

Bowl barrow surviving as a low mound, in a ploughed arable field. Part of the Upton Pyne barrow group.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow north west of Starved Oak Cross
• Scheduled Monument 1015974: Bowl barrow 450m SSE of Stevenstone Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NW/13
• Old SAM Ref: 15023
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX99NW3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Fox, A., 1969, The Upton Pyne Cemetery, 77 (Article in Serial). SDV341856.

Barrow No. 11. Site visit 1968. 80 feet diameter and 2 feet high.

Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology, 1979 - 1981, North Devon Barrow Survey (Archive - Survey). SDV341310.

Site visit November 1979. Slight rise visible. Under crop and could not be investigated.

Allden, A., 1981, A Study of some Devon Barrows and their Diminishing Future (Report - non-specific). SDV339662.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1982 - 1980, SX99NW3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV341890.

1. Very doubtful barrow.
2. Site visit 20/09/1957. Dimensions are east to west 44 metres, north to south 52 metres, height 2 feet. Ploughed down and very spread..
3. Site visit 26/07/1962. Feature under crop and could not be investigated.
4. Site visit by Fox in 1968. Diameter 80 feet, height 2 feet. Accepted as a barrow.
5. Site visit 09/02/1982. No longer a surveyable feature.

Grinsell, L. V., 1983, The Barrows of South and East Devon, 44 (Article in Serial). SDV337013.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/DC, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV267549.

Annular cropmark, 25 metres diameter, recorded from air.

Robinson, R., 1987 - 2000, Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project (Un-published). SDV342165.

Site visit 03/03/1990. Level field. Nothing visible.

Department of Environment, 1991, Bowl Barrow 450 Metres South-South-East of Stevenstone Farm (Schedule Document). SDV341895.

Bowl barrow surviving as a low mound, 25 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high, also visible on air photographs, in a ploughed arabled field. Despite its low surface profile, extensive sub surface mound layers and intact funerary deposits are considered likely to survive. As excavation of a nearby barrow revealed, barrows in this group were terraced into the slope and have been preserved by subsequent soil build-up. In addition, there is no visible or recorded evidence that the barrow has been excavated and the deposits should remain in an intact, undisturbed state. The barrow is situated on the east slope of a slight spur overlooking a broad shallow valley at the centre of the area covered by the Upton Pyne barrow group. This group comprises over 30 recorded barrows.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 99 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 90 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 94 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems, ie under plough, collapse. Declining. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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