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| HER Number: | MDV102255 |
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| Name: | Possible barrow east of Baxworthy Cross |
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Summary
A roughly circular mound is visible as an earthwork on 1946 aerial photographs, and as a semi-circular cropmark on aerial photographs from 1959. It is tentatively interpreted as a Bronze Age barrow with good potential for survival of below-ground remains. It may be associated with a similar feature sited 50 metres to the north-west.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 290 225 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS22SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hartland |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLOVELLY |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARTLAND |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5074-5075 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
A mound covered with vegetation is visible as an earthwork.
Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/58/2984, NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0055-0056 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349064.
A pale semi-circular cropmark with a darker border is visible.
GetMapping, 1999, 089/99, DCC GM 089/99 0096-0097 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349037.
The field is cultivated and the site of the mound is slightly greener in hue.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A roughly circular mound of approximately 10 metres diameter is visible as an earthwork on 1946 aerial photographs. On aerial photographs from 1959 it appears to have been ploughed and manifests as a semi-circular pale cropmark with a darker border, 16 metres diameter in total, on one side of a field boundary. No definite cropmarks are visible on later aerial photographs, but the site of the mound is slightly greener in hue than the surrounding area on aerial photographs taken in 1999, suggesting below-ground survival of archaeological remains. The form of the monument is consistent with ploughed out round barrows of Bronze Age date, and a similar feature approximately 50 metres to the north-west may be another barrow.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV349037 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 089/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC GM 089/99 0096-0097 24-JUL-1999. |
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| SDV349064 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/58/2984. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0055-0056 30-JUN-1959. [Mapped feature: #61704 ] |
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| SDV349143 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5074-5075 19-APR-1946. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV102260 | Related to: Possible barrow east of Baxworthy Cross (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 23 2012 4:43PM |
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