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Summary

One of two bowl barrows to north-east of Beacon Moor Cross. Survives as a circular mound in centre of field.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015154: Bowl barrow 330m east of Beacon Moor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery
• SHINE: Two prehistoric barrow south of Orange Moor Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34307
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS61NE/8
• Old SAM Ref: 28613
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS61NE 5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2549/4265 (Aerial Photograph). SDV343288.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1973, SS61NE5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343284.

Site visit 19th September 1973. B: A round barrow 25.0 metres diameter and 0.7 metres high, situated in high ground on a gentle east slope, in arable land and occasionally ploughed. Other details: Plan, site B.

Simpson, S. J., 1993, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV343286.

One of 2 barrows much levelled by ploughing but still clear, standing to circa 0.7 metres high.

Gerrard, H., 1996, Round Barrow 330 Metres East of Beacon Moor Cross Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery, 139558 (Un-published). SDV343290.

Site visit 9th November 1995. Round barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least 7 mounds and a ring ditch. This barrow survives as a circular mound with a diameter of 15.6 metres and is 0.7 metres high. The ditch from which construction material was quarried surrounds the barrow and survives as a buried feature circa 2 metres wide.

Department of National Heritage, 1997, Bowl Barrow 330 Metres East of Beacon Moor Cross, Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343291.

A bowl barrow situated in a prominent location near the summit of a gentle south-east facing ridge overlooking the valley of Huntacott Water. The barrow forms part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least seven barrows and a ring ditch.

English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 104 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.

Extensive significant problems. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 96 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.

English Heritage, 2011, Heritage at Risk Register 2011: South West, 101 (Report - non-specific). SDV355280.

Extensive significant problems. Declining. Principal vulnerability arable ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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