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| HER Number: | MDV103215 |
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| Name: | Possible Bowl Barrow, North-East of Berrydown Cross |
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Summary
A roughly circular cropmark, possibly forming over the remains of a small mound, is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to the south-east of Berrydown Cross. A barrow cemetery containing Bowl barrows of roughly similar size has been recorded on Berry Down to the south-west, and it is possible this cropmark represents an outlying monument of this group.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 575 440 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Berrynarbor |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BERRYNARBOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmark of possible prehistoric barrow about 240 metres east-south-east of Berrydown Cross.
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- BOWL BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 4248-4249 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
A small circular cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A roughly circular cropmark is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 centred on circa SS57584403, approximately 230 metres to the south-east of Berrydown Cross. The cropmark is possibly forming over the levelled remains of a small mound. A barrow cemetery containing Bowl barrows of roughly similar size has been recorded on Berry Down to the south-west, and it is possible this cropmark represents an outlying monument of this group. The cropmark is not visible on later aerial photographs available to the survey and further work to clarify the nature of this feature, such as geophysical survey, is required.
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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| SDV349927 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 4248-4249 13-MAY-1946. [Mapped feature: #62702 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2013 4:25PM |
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