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Summary

One of two bowl barrows to north-east of Beacon Moor Cross. Survives as an oval mound with limited damage on north-west side, due to road and ditch being cut through it.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015153: Bowl barrow 280m north east of Beacon Moor Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 34307
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS61NE/7
• Old SAM Ref: 28612
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS61NE 5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Polwhele, R., 1793-1806, The History of Devonshire, 144 (Monograph). SDV21030.

Polwhele equates barrows robbed at their centres with beacons and this place may have been named from such a feature.

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

Russell, P., 1955, Fire Beacons in Devon, 282 (15b) (Article in Serial). SDV336138.

The mound marked on the Ordnance Survey 1 inch map of 1809 is listed as a possible fire beacon, for which an Elizabethan date is implied. Other details: No 15b.

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

Site visit 19th September 1973. A: A round barrow, now 28 metres diameter and 1 metre high, although recently levelled to facilitate ploughing. situated on high ground with excellent views, this may also be the beacon from which the moor is named. Other details: Plan, site A.

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

One of 2 barrows much levelled by ploughing but still clear, standing to circa 0.70 metres high.

Department of National Heritage, 1996, Bowl Barrow 280 Metres North-east of Beacon Moor Cross, Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery (Schedule Document). SDV343289.

A bowl barrow situated in a prominent location near the summit of a 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.

Gerrard, H., 1996, Round Barrow 280 Metres North-east of Beacon Moor Cross Forming Part of a Round Barrow Cemetery, 139557 (Un-published). SDV343287.

Site visit 9th November 1995. Barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery which includes at least 7 mounds and a ring ditch. This barrow survives as an oval mound, 20.1 metres north-east to south-west by 14.1 metres north-west to south-east and up to 0.8 metres high. The ditch from which construction material was quarried surrounds the barrow and survives as a buried feature circa 3 metres wide. The north western side of the mound has seen limited damage as a result of a road and ditch being cut through it.

National Monuments Record, 2009, 34307 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343285.

Two bowl barrows situated in a prominent location near the summit of a gentle south-east facing ridge overlooking the valley of Huntacott Water. One barrow survives as a circular mound whilst the other maintains an oval shaped mound Other details: SS61NE 5.

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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